diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 046ed39caff..ab84d39ed05 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -2569,9 +2569,9 @@ Address Formats filesystem. * An ``'AF_PIPE'`` address is a string of the form - :samp:`r'\\\\.\\pipe\\{PipeName}'`. To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named - pipe on a remote computer called *ServerName* one should use an address of the - form :samp:`r'\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\{PipeName}'` instead. + :samp:`r'\\\\.\\pipe\\{PipeName}'`. To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named + pipe on a remote computer called *ServerName* one should use an address of the + form :samp:`r'\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\{PipeName}'` instead. Note that any string beginning with two backslashes is assumed by default to be an ``'AF_PIPE'`` address rather than an ``'AF_UNIX'`` address.