#15789: mention shell-like parts of the stdlib in the subprocess docs. Patch by Chris Rebert.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 00b72fb..9c03e06 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -245,10 +245,14 @@ default values. The arguments that are most commonly needed are:
       :meth:`Popen.communicate` method.
 
    If *shell* is ``True``, the specified command will be executed through
-   the shell. This can be useful if you are using Python primarily for the
+   the shell.  This can be useful if you are using Python primarily for the
    enhanced control flow it offers over most system shells and still want
-   access to other shell features such as filename wildcards, shell pipes and
-   environment variable expansion.
+   convenient access to other shell features such as shell pipes, filename
+   wildcards, environment variable expansion, and expansion of ``~`` to a
+   user's home directory.  However, note that Python itself offers
+   implementations of many shell-like features (in particular, :mod:`glob`,
+   :mod:`fnmatch`, :func:`os.walk`, :func:`os.path.expandvars`,
+   :func:`os.path.expanduser`, and :mod:`shutil`).
 
    .. warning::