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-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/emailutil.tex4
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/librfc822.tex4
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex b/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
index fe96473..f9fe2d4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ however, some mailers don't follow that format as specified, so
\code{"Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:12:08 -0500"}. If it succeeds in parsing
the date, \function{parsedate()} returns a 9-tuple that can be passed
directly to \function{time.mktime()}; otherwise \code{None} will be
-returned. Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+returned. Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
usable.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ offset is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone}
variable for the same timezone; the latter variable follows the
\POSIX{} standard while this module follows \rfc{2822}.}. If the input
string has no timezone, the last element of the tuple returned is
-\code{None}. Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+\code{None}. Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
usable.
\end{funcdesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
index 4ca3734..f003075 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ however, some mailers don't follow that format as specified, so
\code{'Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:12:08 -0500'}. If it succeeds in parsing
the date, \function{parsedate()} returns a 9-tuple that can be passed
directly to \function{time.mktime()}; otherwise \code{None} will be
-returned. Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+returned. Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
usable.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ offset is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone}
variable for the same timezone; the latter variable follows the
\POSIX{} standard while this module follows \rfc{2822}.) If the input
string has no timezone, the last element of the tuple returned is
-\code{None}. Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+\code{None}. Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
usable.
\end{funcdesc}
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 635b2c4..d3bb47d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ Tools
Documentation
-------------
+- Bug #1629566: clarify the docs on the return values of parsedate()
+ and parsedate_tz() in email.utils and rfc822.
+
- Patch #1671450: add a section about subclassing builtin types to the
"extending and embedding" tutorial.