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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 10:42:15 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.13] Add link in the `importlib.metadata.version()` docs (GH-130739) (#130761)
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[3.13] Add link in the `importlib.metadata.version()` docs (GH-130739) (#130761)

Add link in the `importlib.metadata.version()` docs (GH-130739)

Link the specification for the returned data makes it clearer what this is
and what the format of the version string can be.
(cherry picked from commit c71e55869e7bc56b2bd04f3055f810026a66c076)

Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
index 87f40301a995..1433da3fad86 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ Distribution versions
 
 .. function:: version(distribution_name)
 
-   Return the installed distribution package version for the named
-   distribution package.
+   Return the installed distribution package
+   `version <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/core-metadata/#version>`__
+   for the named distribution package.
 
    Raises :exc:`PackageNotFoundError` if the named distribution
    package is not installed in the current Python environment.