From: Irit Katriel <iritkatriel@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 20:47:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: bpo-31907: [doc] clarify that str.format() does not support arbitrary expressions... 
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bpo-31907: [doc] clarify that str.format() does not support arbitrary expressions (#25053)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index 1bfd518349b3..d935419f7b75 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ Format String Syntax
 The :meth:`str.format` method and the :class:`Formatter` class share the same
 syntax for format strings (although in the case of :class:`Formatter`,
 subclasses can define their own format string syntax).  The syntax is
-related to that of :ref:`formatted string literals <f-strings>`, but
-there are differences.
+related to that of :ref:`formatted string literals <f-strings>`, but it is
+less sophisticated and, in particular, does not support arbitrary expressions.
 
 .. index::
    single: {} (curly brackets); in string formatting