bpo-42811: Update importlib.utils.resolve_name() docs to use __spec__.parent (GH-24100)
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:brettcannon
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index f1c444f..fee5df8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@
If **name** has no leading dots, then **name** is simply returned. This
allows for usage such as
- ``importlib.util.resolve_name('sys', __package__)`` without doing a
+ ``importlib.util.resolve_name('sys', __spec__.parent)`` without doing a
check to see if the **package** argument is needed.
:exc:`ImportError` is raised if **name** is a relative module name but
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-04-22-14-22.bpo-42811.HY2beA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-04-22-14-22.bpo-42811.HY2beA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..768508e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-04-22-14-22.bpo-42811.HY2beA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Updated importlib.utils.resolve_name() doc to use __spec__.parent
+instead of __package__. (Thanks Yair Frid.)