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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 2de867d4da..3abd8cd8a9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets. Set a timeout on blocking socket operations. The *value* argument can be a nonnegative float expressing seconds, or ``None``. If a float is given, - subsequent socket operations will raise an :exc:`timeout` exception if the + subsequent socket operations will raise a :exc:`timeout` exception if the timeout period *value* has elapsed before the operation has completed. Setting a timeout of ``None`` disables timeouts on socket operations. ``s.settimeout(0.0)`` is equivalent to ``s.setblocking(0)``; |