Add note that headers added via urllib.request.add_header are added to redirected requests (GH-30708) (#92005)

miss-islington · epicfaace · web-flow · commit 0e16105af69e · 2022-04-27T16:28:10.000-06:00
(cherry picked from commit f348154) Co-authored-by: Ashwin Ramaswami <aramaswamis@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Ashwin Ramaswami <aramaswamis@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ request.
    name, and later calls will overwrite previous calls in case the *key* collides.
    Currently, this is no loss of HTTP functionality, since all headers which have
    meaning when used more than once have a (header-specific) way of gaining the
-   same functionality using only one header.
+   same functionality using only one header.  Note that headers added using
+   this method are also added to redirected requests.
 
 
 .. method:: Request.add_unredirected_header(key, header)
