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  r83226 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:17:12 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #1090076: explain the behavior of *vars* in get() better.
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  r83227 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:23:06 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Use Py_CLEAR().
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  r83229 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:32:22 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9407: document configparser.Error.
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  r83230 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:36:11 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Use correct directive and name.
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  r83231 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:46:07 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9397: remove mention of dbm.bsd which does not exist anymore.
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  r83232 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:49:08 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9388: remove ERA_YEAR which is never defined in the source code.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst
index b4fad45..6872d79 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ the Oracle Berkeley DB.
 .. function:: whichdb(filename)
 
    This functionattempts to guess which of the several simple database modules
-   available --- :mod:`dbm.bsd`, :mod:`dbm.gnu`, :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or
-   :mod:`dbm.dumb` --- should be used to open a given file.
+   available --- :mod:`dbm.gnu`, :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or :mod:`dbm.dumb` --- should
+   be used to open a given file.
 
    Returns one of the following values: ``None`` if the file can't be opened
    because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string (``''``) if the
@@ -227,10 +227,9 @@ Dbm objects behave like mappings (dictionaries), except that keys and values are
 always stored as bytes. Printing a ``dbm`` object doesn't print the keys and
 values, and the :meth:`items` and :meth:`values` methods are not supported.
 
-This module can be used with the "classic" ndbm interface, the BSD DB
-compatibility interface, or the GNU GDBM compatibility interface. On Unix, the
-:program:`configure` script will attempt to locate the appropriate header file
-to simplify building this module.
+This module can be used with the "classic" ndbm interface or the GNU GDBM
+compatibility interface. On Unix, the :program:`configure` script will attempt
+to locate the appropriate header file to simplify building this module.
 
 .. exception:: error
 
@@ -246,9 +245,7 @@ to simplify building this module.
 .. function:: open(filename[, flag[, mode]])
 
    Open a dbm database and return a ``dbm`` object.  The *filename* argument is the
-   name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions;
-   note that the BSD DB implementation of the interface will append the extension
-   :file:`.db` and only create one file).
+   name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions).
 
    The optional *flag* argument must be one of these values: