From 33f87a59b8855aa17970c9f680681d24669e7d20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:26:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #15497: Correct characters in
 TextWrapper.replace_whitespace docs.

Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
---
 Doc/library/textwrap.rst | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst
index 84e6ee1d093..094e45869c2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ indentation from strings that have unwanted whitespace to the left of the text.
 
    .. attribute:: replace_whitespace
 
-      (default: ``True``) If true, each whitespace character (as defined by
-      ``string.whitespace``) remaining after tab expansion will be replaced by a
-      single space.
+      (default: ``True``) If true, after tab expansion but before wrapping,
+      the :meth:`wrap` method will replace each whitespace character
+      with a single space.  The whitespace characters replaced are
+      as follows: tab, newline, vertical tab, formfeed, and carriage
+      return (``'\t\n\v\f\r'``).
 
       .. note::