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@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ behavior of the module.
Specifying an empty list for *files* will prevent the system defaults from
being applied: only the well-known values will be present from a built-in list.
+ If *files* is ``None`` the internal data structure is completely rebuilt to its
+ initial default value. This is a stable operation and will produce the same results
+ when called multiple times.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Previously, Windows registry settings were ignored.