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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index d5ac23eb1f..5254299fc6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -800,9 +800,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. already exists), ``'x'`` for exclusive creation and ``'a'`` for appending (which on *some* Unix systems, means that *all* writes append to the end of the file regardless of the current seek position). In text mode, if - *encoding* is not specified the encoding used is platform dependent. (For - reading and writing raw bytes use binary mode and leave *encoding* - unspecified.) The available modes are: + *encoding* is not specified the encoding used is platform dependent: + ``locale.getpreferredencoding(False)`` is called to get the current locale + encoding. (For reading and writing raw bytes use binary mode and leave + *encoding* unspecified.) The available modes are: ========= =============================================================== Character Meaning |