From 9424dcbb3e20a26dfdd81659303b989f7d3da044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Palard Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 04:36:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-32701: Clarify the quotetabs flag in quopri documentation (GH-5401) --- Doc/library/quopri.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/quopri.rst b/Doc/library/quopri.rst index a3f94a0ad06..86717c00c3c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/quopri.rst +++ b/Doc/library/quopri.rst @@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ sending a graphics file. Encode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting quoted-printable data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must be - :term:`binary file objects `. *quotetabs*, a flag which controls - whether to encode embedded spaces and tabs must be provideda and when true it - encodes such embedded whitespace, and when false it leaves them unencoded. + :term:`binary file objects `. *quotetabs*, a + non-optional flag which controls whether to encode embedded spaces + and tabs; when true it encodes such embedded whitespace, and when + false it leaves them unencoded. Note that spaces and tabs appearing at the end of lines are always encoded, as per :rfc:`1521`. *header* is a flag which controls if spaces are encoded as underscores as per :rfc:`1522`.