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diff --git a/Doc/library/rfc822.rst b/Doc/library/rfc822.rst index 52df013..da9f536 100644 --- a/Doc/library/rfc822.rst +++ b/Doc/library/rfc822.rst @@ -198,10 +198,12 @@ A :class:`Message` instance has the following methods: .. method:: Message.getheader(name[, default]) - Like ``getrawheader(name)``, but strip leading and trailing whitespace. + Return a single string consisting of the last header matching *name*, + but strip leading and trailing whitespace. Internal whitespace is not stripped. The optional *default* argument can be used to specify a different default to be returned when there is no header - matching *name*. + matching *name*; it defaults to ``None``. + This is the preferred way to get parsed headers. .. method:: Message.get(name[, default]) |