Fixing issue5475 : urllib2.getproxies not documented
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.rst
index 2e2fa43..b48973b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.rst
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@
to decode *path*.
+.. function:: getproxies()
+
+ This helper function returns a dictionary of scheme to proxy server URL
+ mappings. It scans the environment for variables named ``<scheme>_proxy``
+ for all operating systems first, and when it cannot find it, looks for proxy
+ information from Mac OSX System Configuration for Mac OS X and Windows
+ Systems Registry for Windows.
+
+
URL Opener objects
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