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@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ Protocol) and :rfc:`1869` (SMTP Service Extensions).
than a success code, an :exc:`SMTPConnectError` is raised. The optional
*timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking operations
like the connection attempt (if not specified, the global default timeout
- setting will be used). The optional source_address parameter allows to bind
+ setting will be used). If the timeout expires, :exc:`socket.timeout` is
+ raised. The optional source_address parameter allows to bind
to some specific source address in a machine with multiple network
interfaces, and/or to some specific source TCP port. It takes a 2-tuple
(host, port), for the socket to bind to as its source address before