[Python-checkins] gh-81762: Clarify and simplify description of print's flush param (#103264)

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Wed Apr 5 07:17:12 EDT 2023


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c396b6ddf3da784349bac9ebf7f28c55bde016ea
commit: c396b6ddf3da784349bac9ebf7f28c55bde016ea
branch: main
author: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach at Gerlach.CAM>
committer: iritkatriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2023-04-05T12:16:36+01:00
summary:

gh-81762: Clarify and simplify description of print's flush param (#103264)

files:
M Doc/library/functions.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index f0f374771b0c..8797485cd05d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1444,8 +1444,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    arguments are converted to text strings, :func:`print` cannot be used with
    binary mode file objects.  For these, use ``file.write(...)`` instead.
 
-   Whether the output is buffered is usually determined by *file*, but if the
-   *flush* keyword argument is true, the stream is forcibly flushed.
+   Output buffering is usually determined by *file*.
+   However, if *flush* is true, the stream is forcibly flushed.
+
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
       Added the *flush* keyword argument.



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