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@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
causes the file to roll over to an on-disk file regardless of its size.
The returned object is a file-like object whose :attr:`_file` attribute
- is either a :class:`StringIO` object or a true file object, depending on
- whether :func:`rollover` has been called. This file-like object can be
- used in a :keyword:`with` statement, just like a normal file.
+ is either a :class:`BytesIO` or :class:`StringIO` object (depending on
+ whether specifies binary or text *mode* was specified) or a true file
+ object, depending on whether :func:`rollover` has been called. This
+ file-like object can be used in a :keyword:`with` statement, just like
+ a normal file.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
the truncate method now accepts a ``size`` argument.