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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:55:37 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3.12] Trivial change: Update comments in activate about what running hash -r does... 
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[3.12] Trivial change: Update comments in activate about what running hash -r does (GH-125385) (#125388)

(cherry picked from commit 82bcaf15890cf85b76b4f62d2dd1710bb49c3ed1)
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diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate
index d5914e0cbb40..44df44a7404b 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ deactivate () {
         unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_PYTHONHOME
     fi
 
-    # Call hash to forget past commands. Without forgetting
-    # past commands the $PATH changes we made may not be respected
+    # Call hash to forget past locations. Without forgetting
+    # past locations the $PATH changes we made may not be respected.
+    # See "man bash" for more details. hash is usually a builtin of your shell
     hash -r 2> /dev/null
 
     if [ -n "${_OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1:-}" ] ; then