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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/api/utilities.tex b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
index 96ff816..d60a79f 100644
--- a/Doc/api/utilities.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
@@ -286,14 +286,14 @@ Numeric values are stored with the least significant byte first.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMarshal_WriteShortToFile}{short value, FILE *file}
- Marshal a \ctype{short} integer, \var{value}, to \var{file}.
+ Marshal a \ctype{short} integer, \var{value}, to \var{file}. This
+ will only write the least-significant 16 bits of \var{value};
+ regardless of the size of the native \ctype{short} type.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile}{PyObject *value,
FILE *file}
- Marshal a Python object, \var{value}, to \var{file}. This
- will only write the least-significant 16 bits of \var{value};
- regardless of the size of the native \ctype{short} type.
+ Marshal a Python object, \var{value}, to \var{file}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMarshal_WriteObjectToString}{PyObject *value}
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Should only non-negative values be written using these routines?
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile}{FILE *file}
Return a C \ctype{short} from the data stream in a \ctype{FILE*}
opened for reading. Only a 16-bit value can be read in using
- this function, regardless of the native size of \ctype{long}.
+ this function, regardless of the native size of \ctype{short}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile}{FILE *file}