From 22fdb8cf899d2dd29f2ac0bf61309af6809719fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nice Zombies <nineteendo19d0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 13:48:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s`
 (#119155)

Clarify re syntax
---
 Doc/library/re.rst | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index cc979fe66f7..efb2722f180 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -600,10 +600,9 @@ character ``'$'``.
 
 ``\s``
    For Unicode (str) patterns:
-      Matches Unicode whitespace characters (which includes
-      ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the
-      non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many
-      languages).
+      Matches Unicode whitespace characters (as defined by :py:meth:`str.isspace`).
+      This includes ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the
+      non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many languages.
 
       Matches ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]`` if the :py:const:`~re.ASCII` flag is used.