From 173cc53d9fdc596d7a19102fa407c829f9c71516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RayXu <140802139+F18-Maverick@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 21:49:49 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: avoid informal formulation in
 `Doc/c-api/conversion.rst` (#140898)

---
 Doc/c-api/conversion.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst
index c92ef4c653a6..cc7a3d9d9561 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The return value (*rv*) for these functions should be interpreted as follows:
   ``rv + 1`` bytes would have been needed to succeed. ``str[size-1]`` is ``'\0'``
   in this case.
 
-* When ``rv < 0``, "something bad happened." ``str[size-1]`` is ``'\0'`` in
+* When ``rv < 0``, the output conversion failed and ``str[size-1]`` is ``'\0'`` in
   this case too, but the rest of *str* is undefined. The exact cause of the error
   depends on the underlying platform.
 
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