Issue 14976: Note that the queue module is not designed to protect against reentrancy
diff --git a/Doc/library/queue.rst b/Doc/library/queue.rst
index f803852..e026e52 100644
--- a/Doc/library/queue.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/queue.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
the entries are kept sorted (using the :mod:`heapq` module) and the
lowest valued entry is retrieved first.
+Internally, the module uses locks to temporarily block competing threads;
+however, it is not designed to handle reentrancy within a thread.
The :mod:`queue` module defines the following classes and exceptions:
@@ -186,11 +188,6 @@
t.join()
-.. note::
-
- The :mod:`queue` module is not safe for use from :mod:`signal` handlers as
- it uses :mod:`threading` locks.
-
.. seealso::
Class :class:`multiprocessing.Queue`