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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index d84977fd86..86b88c0c55 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. _open-newline-parameter: - *newline* controls how :term:`universal newlines` mode works (it only - applies to text mode). It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and + *newline* determines how to parse newline characters from the stream. + It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and ``'\r\n'``. It works as follows: * When reading input from the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, universal |