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-rw-r--r--Lib/threading.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index c996f426cd..178c8fd33c 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class Thread(_Verbose):
raise RuntimeError("thread.__init__() not called")
if self._started.is_set():
- raise RuntimeError("thread already started")
+ raise RuntimeError("threads can only be started once")
if __debug__:
self._note("%s.start(): starting thread", self)
with _active_limbo_lock: