Bug #1115886: os.path.splitext('.cshrc') gives now ('.cshrc', '').
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index 0b2da66..1dbe32f 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -234,7 +234,12 @@
Split the pathname \var{path} into a pair \code{(\var{root}, \var{ext})}
such that \code{\var{root} + \var{ext} == \var{path}},
and \var{ext} is empty or begins with a period and contains
-at most one period.
+at most one period. Leading periods on the basename are
+ignored; \code{\var{splitext}.('.cshrc')} returns
+\code{('.cshrc', '')}.
+
+\versionchanged[Earlier versions could produce an empty root when
+the only period was the first character]{2.6}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{splitunc}{path}