#1669: don't allow shutil.rmtree() to be called on a symlink.
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 9f79c0f..267435e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -101,18 +101,24 @@
.. index:: single: directory; deleting
- Delete an entire directory tree (*path* must point to a directory). If
- *ignore_errors* is true, errors resulting from failed removals will be ignored;
- if false or omitted, such errors are handled by calling a handler specified by
- *onerror* or, if that is omitted, they raise an exception.
+ Delete an entire directory tree; *path* must point to a directory (but not a
+ symbolic link to a directory). If *ignore_errors* is true, errors resulting
+ from failed removals will be ignored; if false or omitted, such errors are
+ handled by calling a handler specified by *onerror* or, if that is omitted,
+ they raise an exception.
- If *onerror* is provided, it must be a callable that accepts three parameters:
- *function*, *path*, and *excinfo*. The first parameter, *function*, is the
- function which raised the exception; it will be :func:`os.listdir`,
- :func:`os.remove` or :func:`os.rmdir`. The second parameter, *path*, will be
- the path name passed to *function*. The third parameter, *excinfo*, will be the
- exception information return by :func:`sys.exc_info`. Exceptions raised by
- *onerror* will not be caught.
+ If *onerror* is provided, it must be a callable that accepts three
+ parameters: *function*, *path*, and *excinfo*. The first parameter,
+ *function*, is the function which raised the exception; it will be
+ :func:`os.path.islink`, :func:`os.listdir`, :func:`os.remove` or
+ :func:`os.rmdir`. The second parameter, *path*, will be the path name passed
+ to *function*. The third parameter, *excinfo*, will be the exception
+ information return by :func:`sys.exc_info`. Exceptions raised by *onerror*
+ will not be caught.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+ Explicitly check for *path* being a symbolic link and raise :exc:`OSError`
+ in that case.
.. function:: move(src, dst)