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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index ee378a6..9d4642c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -3306,8 +3306,9 @@ Miscellaneous Functions This function returns random bytes from an OS-specific randomness source. The returned data should be unpredictable enough for cryptographic applications, though its exact quality depends on the OS implementation. On a Unix-like - system this will query /dev/urandom, and on Windows it will use CryptGenRandom. - If a randomness source is not found, :exc:`NotImplementedError` will be raised. + system this will query ``/dev/urandom``, and on Windows it will use + ``CryptGenRandom()``. If a randomness source is not found, + :exc:`NotImplementedError` will be raised. For an easy-to-use interface to the random number generator provided by your platform, please see :class:`random.SystemRandom`. |