Commit accb38c7 authored by Benjamin Peterson's avatar Benjamin Peterson

clarify by splitting into multiple paragraphs

parent b9828f67
......@@ -276,11 +276,15 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
.. function:: gethostname()
Return a string containing the hostname of the machine where the Python
interpreter is currently executing. If you want to know the current machine's IP
address, you may want to use ``gethostbyname(gethostname())``. This operation
assumes that there is a valid address-to-host mapping for the host, and the
assumption does not always hold. Note: :func:`gethostname` doesn't always return
the fully qualified domain name; use ``getfqdn()`` (see above).
interpreter is currently executing.
If you want to know the current machine's IP address, you may want to use
``gethostbyname(gethostname())``. This operation assumes that there is a
valid address-to-host mapping for the host, and the assumption does not
always hold.
Note: :func:`gethostname` doesn't always return the fully qualified domain
name; use ``getfqdn()`` (see above).
.. function:: gethostbyaddr(ip_address)
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