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diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst index 1d928ea..8fa1435 100644 --- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst +++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst @@ -18,13 +18,20 @@ This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`. Return a new hmac object. *key* is a bytes or bytearray object giving the secret key. If *msg* is present, the method call ``update(msg)`` is made. - *digestmod* is the digest constructor or module for the HMAC object to use. - It defaults to the :data:`hashlib.md5` constructor. + *digestmod* is the digest name, digest constructor or module for the HMAC + object to use. It supports any name suitable to :func:`hashlib.new` and + defaults to the :data:`hashlib.md5` constructor. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Parameter *key* can be a bytes or bytearray object. Parameter *msg* can be of any type supported by :mod:`hashlib`. + Paramter *digestmod* can be the name of a hash algorithm. + + .. deprecated:: 3.4 + MD5 as implicit default digest for *digestmod* is deprecated. + + An HMAC object has the following methods: .. method:: HMAC.update(msg) |