[Python-checkins] r50962 - python/trunk/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Sun Jul 30 02:37:56 2006
New Revision: 50962

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
Log:
[Bug #793553] Correct description of keyword arguments for SSL authentication

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex	Sun Jul 30 02:37:56 2006
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@
 environmental proxy settings will be used if present, as discussed in
 the definition of \function{urlopen()}, above.
 
-Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, are used for
-authentication with the \file{https:} scheme.  The keywords
-\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported; both are needed to
-actually retrieve a resource at an \file{https:} URL.
+Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, may be used for
+authentication of the client when using the \file{https:} scheme.  The keywords
+\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported to provide an 
+SSL key and certificate; both are needed to support client authentication.
 
 \class{URLopener} objects will raise an \exception{IOError} exception
 if the server returns an error code.