#5732: added the check command into Distutils

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 4ee9fcc..79e13c1 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -1932,6 +1932,19 @@ This is described in more detail in :pep:`301`.
 
 .. % todo
 
+:mod:`distutils.command.check` --- Check the meta-data of a package
+===================================================================
+
+.. module:: distutils.command.check
+   :synopsis: Check the metadata of a package
+
+
+The ``check`` command performs some tests on the meta-data of a package.
+It makes sure for example that all required meta-data are provided through
+the arguments passed to the :func:`setup` function.
+
+.. % todo
+
 
 Creating a new Distutils command
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