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diff --git a/Doc/library/bz2.rst b/Doc/library/bz2.rst index de5c825..893bb9b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/bz2.rst +++ b/Doc/library/bz2.rst @@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ All of the classes in this module may safely be accessed from multiple threads. be used to read or write the compressed data. The *mode* argument can be either ``'r'`` for reading (default), ``'w'`` for - overwriting, or ``'a'`` for appending. If *filename* is a file object (rather - than an actual file name), a mode of ``'w'`` does not truncate the file, and - is instead equivalent to ``'a'``. + overwriting, or ``'a'`` for appending. These can equivalently be given as + ``'rb'``, ``'wb'``, and ``'ab'`` respectively. + + If *filename* is a file object (rather than an actual file name), a mode of + ``'w'`` does not truncate the file, and is instead equivalent to ``'a'``. The *buffering* argument is ignored. Its use is deprecated. |