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@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ response indicates an error, the method raises one of the above exceptions.
(including headers and body)
* the ``:lines`` metadata: the number of lines in the article body
+ The value of each item is either a string, or :const:`None` if not present.
+
It is advisable to use the :func:`decode_header` function on header
values when they may contain non-ASCII characters::