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@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ define in order to be compatible with the Python codec registry.
.. method:: reset()
- Reset the encoder to the initial state.
+ Reset the encoder to the initial state. The output is discarded: call
+ ``.encode('', final=True)`` to reset the encoder and to get the output.
.. method:: IncrementalEncoder.getstate()