clarify the buffer arg

810a80ab · Benjamin Peterson · 011bd62c · 810a80ab
Commit 810a80ab authored Oct 20, 2009 by Benjamin Peterson
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@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
   *buffering* is an optional integer used to set the buffering policy.  By
   default full buffering is on.  Pass 0 to switch buffering off (only allowed
-   in binary mode), 1 to set line buffering, and an integer > 1 for full
+   in binary mode), 1 to set line buffering, and an integer > 1 to indicate the
-   buffering.
+   size of the buffer.
   *encoding* is the name of the encoding used to decode or encode the file.
   This should only be used in text mode.  The default encoding is platform