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diff --git a/Doc/library/email.message.rst b/Doc/library/email.message.rst index 84a5f5138c..17695857e9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/email.message.rst +++ b/Doc/library/email.message.rst @@ -196,7 +196,13 @@ Here are the methods of the :class:`Message` class: Set the entire message object's payload to *payload*. It is the client's responsibility to ensure the payload invariants. Optional *charset* sets - the message's default character set; see :meth:`set_charset` for details. + the message's character set; see :meth:`set_charset` for details. If + *payload* is a string containing non-ASCII characters, *charset* is + required. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Previous to 3.4 *charset* was not required when *payload* was a + non-ASCII string, but omitting it produced nonsense results. .. method:: set_charset(charset) |