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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index 113ac44..0f7c8b3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ of which this module provides three different variants: HTTP error code value. *message* should be a string containing a (detailed) error message of what occurred, and *explain* should be an explanation of the error code number. Default *message* and *explain* - values can found in the *responses* class variable. + values can found in the :attr:`responses` class variable. .. attribute:: error_content_type @@ -173,11 +173,14 @@ of which this module provides three different variants: .. method:: send_error(code, message=None, explain=None) Sends and logs a complete error reply to the client. The numeric *code* - specifies the HTTP error code, with *message* as optional, more specific - text, usually referring to short message response. The *explain* - argument can be used to send a detailed information about the error in - response content body. A complete set of headers is sent, followed by - text composed using the :attr:`error_message_format` class variable. + specifies the HTTP error code, with *message* as an optional, short, human + readable description of the error. The *explain* argument can be used to + provide more detailed information about the error; it will be formatted + using the :attr:`error_message_format` class variable and emitted, after + a complete set of headers, as the response body. The :attr:`responses` + class variable holds the default values for *message* and *explain* that + will be used if no value is provided; for unknown codes the default value + for both is the string ``???``. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 The error response includes a Content-Length header. |