[Python-checkins] gh-102259: Fix re doc issue regarding right square brackets (GH-102264)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7a0dc8a802814503eb93662a3486b890de070734
commit: 7a0dc8a802814503eb93662a3486b890de070734
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2023-02-25T18:32:42-08:00
summary:

gh-102259: Fix re doc issue regarding right square brackets (GH-102264)


(cherry picked from commit bcadcde7122f6d3d08b35671d67e105149371a2f)

Co-authored-by: Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro at gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>

files:
M Doc/library/re.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 670569956522..7d8920169207 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ The special characters are:
 
    * To match a literal ``']'`` inside a set, precede it with a backslash, or
      place it at the beginning of the set.  For example, both ``[()[\]{}]`` and
-     ``[]()[{}]`` will both match a parenthesis.
+     ``[]()[{}]`` will match a right bracket, as well as left bracket, braces,
+     and parentheses.
 
    .. .. index:: single: --; in regular expressions
    .. .. index:: single: &&; in regular expressions



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