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@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following classes:
The *fieldnames* parameter is a :term:`sequence`. If *fieldnames* is
omitted, the values in the first row of file *f* will be used as the
- fieldnames. Regardless of how the fieldnames are determined, the
- dictionary preserves their original ordering.
+ fieldnames and will be omitted from the results. If
+ *fieldnames* is provided, they will be used and the first row will be
+ included in the results. Regardless of how the fieldnames are determined,
+ the dictionary preserves their original ordering.
If a row has more fields than fieldnames, the remaining data is put in a
list and stored with the fieldname specified by *restkey* (which defaults