Issue #26027, #27524: Document the support for path-like objects in os and os.path.

This completes PEP 519.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index d621e87..3e2fb72 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -878,11 +878,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    Open *file* and return a corresponding :term:`file object`.  If the file
    cannot be opened, an :exc:`OSError` is raised.
 
-   *file* is either a string, bytes, or :class:`os.PathLike` object giving the
-   pathname (absolute or relative to the current working directory) of the file
-   to be opened or an integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped.  (If a
-   file descriptor is given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is
-   closed, unless *closefd* is set to ``False``.)
+   *file* is a :term:`path-like object` giving the pathname (absolute or
+   relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or an
+   integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped.  (If a file descriptor is
+   given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed, unless *closefd*
+   is set to ``False``.)
 
    *mode* is an optional string that specifies the mode in which the file is
    opened.  It defaults to ``'r'`` which means open for reading in text mode.