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diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
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--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ __builtin__.quit = __builtin__.exit = exit
del exit
#
-# Set the string encoding used by the Unicode implementation to the
-# encoding used by the default locale of this system. If the default
-# encoding cannot be determined or is unknown, it defaults to 'ascii'.
+# Set the string encoding used by the Unicode implementation. The
+# default is 'ascii', but if you're willing to experiment, you can
+# change this.
encoding = "ascii" # default