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@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ RawConfigParser Objects
.. method:: RawConfigParser.add_section(section)
Add a section named *section* to the instance. If a section by the given name
- already exists, :exc:`DuplicateSectionError` is raised.
-
+ already exists, :exc:`DuplicateSectionError` is raised. If the name
+ ``DEFAULT`` (or any of it's case-insensitive variants) is passed,
+ :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
.. method:: RawConfigParser.has_section(section)