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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/init.rst5
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 2641c8b..623bd7c 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -537,10 +537,11 @@ code, or when embedding the Python interpreter:
operations such as ``PyEval_ReleaseThread(tstate)``. It is not needed before
calling :c:func:`PyEval_SaveThread` or :c:func:`PyEval_RestoreThread`.
- .. index:: single: Py_Initialize()
-
This is a no-op when called for a second time.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ This function cannot be called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize()` anymore.
+
.. index:: module: _thread
.. note::
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index 3829ce1..20ce228 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -2698,3 +2698,7 @@ require changes to your code:
a new function, :func:`asyncore.handle_accepted`, was added to replace it.
(Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola in :issue:`6706`.)
+
+* Due to the new :term:`GIL` implementation, :c:func:`PyEval_InitThreads()`
+ cannot be called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize()` anymore.
+