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Subject: [3.13] gh-129143: Fix incorrect documentation for logging.Handler.close(). (GH-129950... 
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[3.13] gh-129143: Fix incorrect documentation for logging.Handler.close(). (GH-129950) (GH-129951)

(cherry picked from commit 7c156a63d3d5aadff0d40af73c0f622f7a0fcea5)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index e93083420969..3d84cc70684d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -592,10 +592,12 @@ subclasses. However, the :meth:`!__init__` method in subclasses needs to call
 
    .. method:: Handler.close()
 
-      Tidy up any resources used by the handler. This version does no output but
-      removes the handler from an internal list of handlers which is closed when
-      :func:`shutdown` is called. Subclasses should ensure that this gets called
-      from overridden :meth:`close` methods.
+      Tidy up any resources used by the handler. This version does no output
+      but removes the handler from an internal map of handlers, which is used
+      for handler lookup by name.
+
+      Subclasses should ensure that this gets called from overridden :meth:`close`
+      methods.
 
 
    .. method:: Handler.handle(record)