Issue #21488: Fix doc of codecs.decode() and codecs.encode(), no keyword support.
Patch written by Brad Aylsworth.
diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst
index f0e179b..05c7156 100644
--- a/Doc/library/codecs.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/codecs.rst
@@ -23,24 +23,26 @@
It defines the following functions:
-.. function:: encode(obj, encoding='ascii', errors='strict')
+.. function:: encode(obj, [encoding[, errors]])
- Encodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*.
+ Encodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*. The default
+ encoding is ``'ascii'``.
*Errors* may be given to set the desired error handling scheme. The
- default error handler is ``strict`` meaning that encoding errors raise
+ default error handler is ``'strict'`` meaning that encoding errors raise
:exc:`ValueError` (or a more codec specific subclass, such as
:exc:`UnicodeEncodeError`). Refer to :ref:`codec-base-classes` for more
information on codec error handling.
.. versionadded:: 2.4
-.. function:: decode(obj, encoding='ascii', errors='strict')
+.. function:: decode(obj, [encoding[, errors]])
- Decodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*.
+ Decodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*. The default
+ encoding is ``'ascii'``.
*Errors* may be given to set the desired error handling scheme. The
- default error handler is ``strict`` meaning that decoding errors raise
+ default error handler is ``'strict'`` meaning that decoding errors raise
:exc:`ValueError` (or a more codec specific subclass, such as
:exc:`UnicodeDecodeError`). Refer to :ref:`codec-base-classes` for more
information on codec error handling.