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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst index 407b80d19c..091cba16e1 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst @@ -1162,12 +1162,11 @@ other utility module. .. function:: grok_environment_error(exc[, prefix='error: ']) - Generate a useful error message from an :exc:`EnvironmentError` (:exc:`IOError` - or :exc:`OSError`) exception object. Handles Python 1.5.1 and later styles, - and does what it can to deal with exception objects that don't have a filename - (which happens when the error is due to a two-file operation, such as - :func:`rename` or :func:`link`). Returns the error message as a string - prefixed with *prefix*. + Generate a useful error message from an :exc:`OSError` exception object. + Handles Python 1.5.1 and later styles, and does what it can to deal with + exception objects that don't have a filename (which happens when the error + is due to a two-file operation, such as :func:`rename` or :func:`link`). + Returns the error message as a string prefixed with *prefix*. .. function:: split_quoted(s) |