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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 620d08e..536b3c5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -260,11 +260,15 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: .. function:: gethostname() Return a string containing the hostname of the machine where the Python - interpreter is currently executing. If you want to know the current machine's IP - address, you may want to use ``gethostbyname(gethostname())``. This operation - assumes that there is a valid address-to-host mapping for the host, and the - assumption does not always hold. Note: :func:`gethostname` doesn't always return - the fully qualified domain name; use ``getfqdn()`` (see above). + interpreter is currently executing. + + If you want to know the current machine's IP address, you may want to use + ``gethostbyname(gethostname())``. This operation assumes that there is a + valid address-to-host mapping for the host, and the assumption does not + always hold. + + Note: :func:`gethostname` doesn't always return the fully qualified domain + name; use ``getfqdn()`` (see above). .. function:: gethostbyaddr(ip_address) |