From: Julien Palard <julien@palard.fr>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 01:26:53 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Doc: http.server: directory is not a class attribute, but an argument. (GH-26017)
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Doc: http.server: directory is not a class attribute, but an argument. (GH-26017)

* Doc: http.server: directory is not a class attribute, but an argument.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index 729d7e37137a..029e9ec5401e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -320,9 +320,16 @@ provides three different variants:
 
 .. class:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server, directory=None)
 
-   This class serves files from the current directory and below, directly
+   This class serves files from the directory *directory* and below,
+   or the current directory if *directory* is not provided, directly
    mapping the directory structure to HTTP requests.
 
+   .. versionadded:: 3.7
+      The *directory* parameter.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.9
+      The *directory* parameter accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
+
    A lot of the work, such as parsing the request, is done by the base class
    :class:`BaseHTTPRequestHandler`.  This class implements the :func:`do_GET`
    and :func:`do_HEAD` functions.
@@ -345,13 +352,6 @@ provides three different variants:
          This dictionary is no longer filled with the default system mappings,
          but only contains overrides.
 
-   .. attribute:: directory
-
-      If not specified, the directory to serve is the current working directory.
-
-      .. versionchanged:: 3.9
-         Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
-
    The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class defines the following methods:
 
    .. method:: do_HEAD()