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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:52:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3.13] gh-148091: clarify asyncio.Future.cancel(msg) behaviour (GH-148248) (#148300)
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[3.13] gh-148091: clarify asyncio.Future.cancel(msg) behaviour (GH-148248) (#148300)

gh-148091: clarify asyncio.Future.cancel(msg) behaviour (GH-148248)
(cherry picked from commit 2acb8d9257c4f5049777d9d462092373b0b3feca)

Co-authored-by: Manoj K M <136242596+manoj-k-m@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst
index 1a08afc02222..5c32bd3eaad8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ Future Object
       Otherwise, change the Future's state to *cancelled*,
       schedule the callbacks, and return ``True``.
 
+      The optional string argument *msg* is passed as the argument to the
+      :exc:`CancelledError` exception raised when a cancelled Future
+      is awaited.
+
       .. versionchanged:: 3.9
          Added the *msg* parameter.