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+++ b/numpy/lib/npyio.py
@@ -1129,10 +1129,17 @@ def loadtxt(fname, dtype=float, comments='#', delimiter=None,
.. versionadded:: 1.14.0
max_rows : int, optional
- Read `max_rows` lines of content after `skiprows` lines. The default
- is to read all the lines.
+ Read `max_rows` rows of content after `skiprows` lines. The default is
+ to read all the rows. Note that empty rows containing no data such as
+ empty lines and comment lines are not counted towards `max_rows`,
+ while such lines are counted in `skiprows`.
.. versionadded:: 1.16.0
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.23.0
+ Lines containing no data, including comment lines (e.g., lines
+ starting with '#' or as specified via `comments`) are not counted
+ towards `max_rows`.
quotechar : unicode character or None, optional
The character used to denote the start and end of a quoted item.
Occurrences of the delimiter or comment characters are ignored within