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authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2022-04-27 22:20:53 (GMT)
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gh-84459: Make wording more specific for Path.replace (GH-91853)
GH-84459 (cherry picked from commit 161dff7e10eeb7eaf6d418b91e993aaf84770a5c) Co-authored-by: slateny <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>
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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/os.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/pathlib.rst2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 8e553d4..f8985a1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ features:
.. function:: replace(src, dst, *, src_dir_fd=None, dst_dir_fd=None)
- Rename the file or directory *src* to *dst*. If *dst* is a directory,
+ Rename the file or directory *src* to *dst*. If *dst* is a non-empty directory,
:exc:`OSError` will be raised. If *dst* exists and is a file, it will
be replaced silently if the user has permission. The operation may fail
if *src* and *dst* are on different filesystems. If successful,
diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 3a41b54..30611ab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist).
Rename this file or directory to the given *target*, and return a new Path
instance pointing to *target*. If *target* points to an existing file or
- directory, it will be unconditionally replaced.
+ empty directory, it will be unconditionally replaced.
The target path may be absolute or relative. Relative paths are interpreted
relative to the current working directory, *not* the directory of the Path