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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index c77db90..b0b1af3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -825,11 +825,12 @@ Text I/O exception if there is an encoding error (the default of ``None`` has the same effect), or pass ``'ignore'`` to ignore errors. (Note that ignoring encoding errors can lead to data loss.) ``'replace'`` causes a replacement marker - (such as ``'?'``) to be inserted where there is malformed data. When - writing, ``'xmlcharrefreplace'`` (replace with the appropriate XML character - reference), ``'backslashreplace'`` (replace with backslashed escape - sequences) or ``'namereplace'`` (replace with ``\N{...}`` escape sequences) - can be used. Any other error handling name that has been registered with + (such as ``'?'``) to be inserted where there is malformed data. + ``'backslashreplace'`` causes malformed data to be replaced by a + backslashed escape sequence. When writing, ``'xmlcharrefreplace'`` + (replace with the appropriate XML character reference) or ``'namereplace'`` + (replace with ``\N{...}`` escape sequences) can be used. Any other error + handling name that has been registered with :func:`codecs.register_error` is also valid. .. index:: |