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diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
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@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
On Windows, :func:`signal` can only be called with :const:`SIGABRT`,
:const:`SIGFPE`, :const:`SIGILL`, :const:`SIGINT`, :const:`SIGSEGV`, or
:const:`SIGTERM`. A :exc:`ValueError` will be raised in any other case.
+ Note that not all systems define the same set of signal names; an
+ :exc:`AttributeError` will be raised if a signal name is not defined as
+ ``SIG*`` module level constant.
.. function:: sigpending()