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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst index 18ff697a23..d3f6daa834 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst @@ -519,13 +519,13 @@ Signal Handling single: SIGINT single: KeyboardInterrupt (built-in exception) - This function simulates the effect of a :const:`SIGINT` signal arriving --- the - next time :c:func:`PyErr_CheckSignals` is called, :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` will - be raised. It may be called without holding the interpreter lock. - - .. % XXX This was described as obsolete, but is used in - .. % _thread.interrupt_main() (used from IDLE), so it's still needed. + Simulate the effect of a :const:`SIGINT` signal arriving. The next time + :c:func:`PyErr_CheckSignals` is called, the Python signal handler for + :const:`SIGINT` will be called. + If :const:`SIGINT` isn't handled by Python (it was set to + :data:`signal.SIG_DFL` or :data:`signal.SIG_IGN`), this function does + nothing. .. c:function:: int PySignal_SetWakeupFd(int fd) |