bpo-41833: threading.Thread now uses the target name (GH-22357)
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 7fcf93d..7eb12fe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -264,8 +264,10 @@
*target* is the callable object to be invoked by the :meth:`run` method.
Defaults to ``None``, meaning nothing is called.
- *name* is the thread name. By default, a unique name is constructed of the
- form "Thread-*N*" where *N* is a small decimal number.
+ *name* is the thread name. By default, a unique name is constructed
+ of the form "Thread-*N*" where *N* is a small decimal number,
+ or "Thread-*N* (target)" where "target" is ``target.__name__`` if the
+ *target* argument is specified.
*args* is the argument tuple for the target invocation. Defaults to ``()``.
@@ -280,6 +282,9 @@
base class constructor (``Thread.__init__()``) before doing anything else to
the thread.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+ Use the *target* name if *name* argument is omitted.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Added the *daemon* argument.