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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index 60b9cd45f3..a8e1d56ad3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -419,7 +419,9 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the .. deprecated:: 2.7 The *exclude* parameter is deprecated, please use the *filter* parameter - instead. + instead. For maximum portability, *filter* should be used as a keyword + argument rather than as a positional argument so that code won't be + affected when *exclude* is ultimately removed. .. method:: TarFile.addfile(tarinfo, fileobj=None) |