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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex b/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex
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--- a/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex
@@ -1296,13 +1296,16 @@ The \class{SMTPHandler} class, located in the
\module{logging.handlers} module, supports sending logging messages to
an email address via SMTP.
-\begin{classdesc}{SMTPHandler}{mailhost, fromaddr, toaddrs, subject}
+\begin{classdesc}{SMTPHandler}{mailhost, fromaddr, toaddrs, subject\optional{,
+ credentials}}
Returns a new instance of the \class{SMTPHandler} class. The
instance is initialized with the from and to addresses and subject
line of the email. The \var{toaddrs} should be a list of strings. To specify a
non-standard SMTP port, use the (host, port) tuple format for the
\var{mailhost} argument. If you use a string, the standard SMTP port
-is used.
+is used. If your SMTP server requires authentication, you can specify a
+(username, password) tuple for the \var{credentials} argument.
+\versionchanged[\var{credentials} was added]{2.6}
\end{classdesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{emit}{record}