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r68842 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-01-21 03:16:26 +0100 (Mi, 21 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Markup fixes
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r68862 | jesse.noller | 2009-01-22 22:53:22 +0100 (Do, 22 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Issue 4593: apply() documentation is unclear
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 936176c..6a903ee 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1539,7 +1539,9 @@
.. method:: apply(func[, args[, kwds]])
Equivalent of the :func:`apply` builtin function. It blocks till the
- result is ready.
+ result is ready. Given this blocks - :meth:`apply_async` is better suited
+ for performing work in parallel. Additionally, the passed
+ in function is only executed in one of the workers of the pool.
.. method:: apply_async(func[, args[, kwds[, callback]]])