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r82871 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-14 10:00:22 +0200 (Mi, 14 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#9258: fix copy-paste errors.
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r82960 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 08:52:35 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Clarify.
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r82961 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 08:57:52 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Clarify :option: description.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 3e98ca9..1da8ccc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
Open *file* and return a corresponding stream. If the file cannot be opened,
an :exc:`IOError` is raised.
- *file* is either a string or bytes object giving the name (and the path if
- the file isn't in the current working directory) of the file to be opened or
+ *file* is either a string or bytes object giving the pathname (absolute or
+ relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or
an integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor
is given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed, unless
*closefd* is set to ``False``.)