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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/fnmatch.rst8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
index 9fc9c7c..670b176 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ patterns.
.. function:: fnmatch(filename, pattern)
Test whether the *filename* string matches the *pattern* string, returning
- :const:`True` or :const:`False`. If the operating system is case-insensitive,
- then both parameters will be normalized to all lower- or upper-case before
- the comparison is performed. :func:`fnmatchcase` can be used to perform a
+ :const:`True` or :const:`False`. Both parameters are case-normalized
+ using :func:`os.path.normcase`. :func:`fnmatchcase` can be used to perform a
case-sensitive comparison, regardless of whether that's standard for the
operating system.
@@ -63,7 +62,8 @@ patterns.
.. function:: fnmatchcase(filename, pattern)
Test whether *filename* matches *pattern*, returning :const:`True` or
- :const:`False`; the comparison is case-sensitive.
+ :const:`False`; the comparison is case-sensitive and does not apply
+ :func:`os.path.normcase`.
.. function:: filter(names, pattern)