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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index 543bb37..14f7506 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ I/O Base Classes .. method:: close() - Flush and close this stream. This method has no effect if the file is - already closed. + Flush and close this stream. This method has no effect if the file is + already closed. Once the file is closed, any operation on the file + (e.g. reading or writing) will raise an :exc:`IOError`. The internal + file descriptor isn't closed if *closefd* was False. .. attribute:: closed |