Make `usenetrc` False by default (the old behaviour of having it True by
default could be rather confusing).
diff --git a/Doc/library/nntplib.rst b/Doc/library/nntplib.rst
index ea08fca..0f97806 100644
--- a/Doc/library/nntplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/nntplib.rst
@@ -52,24 +52,26 @@
The module itself defines the following classes:
-.. class:: NNTP(host, port=119, user=None, password=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=True, [timeout])
+.. class:: NNTP(host, port=119, user=None, password=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=False, [timeout])
Return a new :class:`NNTP` object, representing a connection
to the NNTP server running on host *host*, listening at port *port*.
An optional *timeout* can be specified for the socket connection.
If the optional *user* and *password* are provided, or if suitable
credentials are present in :file:`/.netrc` and the optional flag *usenetrc*
- is true (the default), the ``AUTHINFO USER`` and ``AUTHINFO PASS`` commands
- are used to identify and authenticate the user to the server. If the optional
+ is true, the ``AUTHINFO USER`` and ``AUTHINFO PASS`` commands are used
+ to identify and authenticate the user to the server. If the optional
flag *readermode* is true, then a ``mode reader`` command is sent before
authentication is performed. Reader mode is sometimes necessary if you are
connecting to an NNTP server on the local machine and intend to call
reader-specific commands, such as ``group``. If you get unexpected
:exc:`NNTPPermanentError`\ s, you might need to set *readermode*.
- *readermode* defaults to ``None``. *usenetrc* defaults to ``True``.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ *usenetrc* is now False by default.
-.. class:: NNTP_SSL(host, port=563, user=None, password=None, ssl_context=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=True, [timeout])
+.. class:: NNTP_SSL(host, port=563, user=None, password=None, ssl_context=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=False, [timeout])
Return a new :class:`NNTP_SSL` object, representing an encrypted
connection to the NNTP server running on host *host*, listening at