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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst4
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
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@@ -1522,7 +1522,9 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
.. method:: apply(func[, args[, kwds]])
Call *func* with arguments *args* and keyword arguments *kwds*. It blocks
- till the result is ready.
+ till the result is ready. Given this blocks - :meth:`apply_async` is better suited
+ for performing work in parallel. Additionally, the passed
+ in function is only executed in one of the workers of the pool.
.. method:: apply_async(func[, args[, kwds[, callback]]])