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birkenfeld · birkenfeld · commit f5123effa289 · 2009-06-04T10:28:36.000Z
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r73217 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-04 12:27:21 +0200 (Do, 04 Jun 2009) | 1 line #6175: document that inet_aton supports alternate input formats with less than three dots. ........
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
    library and needs objects of type :ctype:`struct in_addr`, which is the C type
    for the 32-bit packed binary this function returns.
 
+   :func:`inet_aton` also accepts strings with less than three dots; see the
+   Unix manual page :manpage:`inet(3)` for details.
+
    If the IPv4 address string passed to this function is invalid,
    :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on
    the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`.
