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authorCory Benfield <lukasaoz@gmail.com>2014-08-22 11:50:37 +0100
committerCory Benfield <lukasaoz@gmail.com>2014-08-22 11:50:37 +0100
commit1c20d01f10e13a0c2f9348b062d04d5f222542db (patch)
treeaaa5ee4228c2a24d41055c34617589bca371cdb2
parent391e064b8fc0bf31f1d2514700836b09570fdee5 (diff)
downloadpython-requests-1c20d01f10e13a0c2f9348b062d04d5f222542db.tar.gz
Cleanup grammar from previous commit.
-rw-r--r--docs/user/advanced.rst7
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diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst
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+++ b/docs/user/advanced.rst
@@ -240,9 +240,10 @@ Note that connections are only released back to the pool for reuse once all body
data has been read; be sure to either set ``stream`` to ``False`` or read the
``content`` property of the ``Response`` object.
-Also note that you may have to set manually the ``'Connection': 'keep-alive'`` header to force the server keeping
-the connection open.
-This header is set by default by Chrome, Firefox, IE and opera but isn't set by urllib.
+For some older servers it may be necessary to manually set the
+``Connection: keep-alive`` header. This will request that the server keep the
+connection open. This does not guarantee that the connection will be kept open,
+and generally is not necessary.
Streaming Uploads
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