#4557: remove 'c' typecode from array docs and add a note in whatsnew.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/array.rst b/Doc/library/array.rst
index 08142e119f..2fb4f8a00c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/array.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/array.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ defined:
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
 | Type code | C Type         | Python Type       | Minimum size in bytes |
 +===========+================+===================+=======================+
-| ``'c'``   | char           | character         | 1                     |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
 | ``'b'``   | signed char    | int               | 1                     |
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
 | ``'B'``   | unsigned char  | int               | 1                     |
@@ -219,15 +217,14 @@ The following data items and methods are also supported:
 
 When an array object is printed or converted to a string, it is represented as
 ``array(typecode, initializer)``.  The *initializer* is omitted if the array is
-empty, otherwise it is a string if the *typecode* is ``'c'``, otherwise it is a
+empty, otherwise it is a string if the *typecode* is ``'u'``, otherwise it is a
 list of numbers.  The string is guaranteed to be able to be converted back to an
 array with the same type and value using :func:`eval`, so long as the
 :func:`array` function has been imported using ``from array import array``.
 Examples::
 
    array('l')
-   array('c', 'hello world')
-   array('u', u'hello \u2641')
+   array('u', 'hello \u2641')
    array('l', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    array('d', [1.0, 2.0, 3.14])
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 3e4188f33c..68e8c5a65e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -625,7 +625,9 @@ Some other changes to standard library modules, not covered by
 
 * Cleanup of the :class:`array.array` type: the :meth:`read` and
   :meth:`write` methods are gone; use :meth:`fromfile` and
-  :meth:`tofile` instead.
+  :meth:`tofile` instead.  Also, the ``'c'`` typecode for array is
+  gone -- use either ``'b'`` for bytes or ``'u'`` for Unicode
+  characters.
 
 * Cleanup of the :mod:`operator` module: removed
   :func:`sequenceIncludes` and :func:`isCallable`.