Commit af402ca3 authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

[Bug #793553] Correct description of keyword arguments for SSL authentication

parent a3f71596
...@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ off completely. Its default value is \code{None}, in which case ...@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ off completely. Its default value is \code{None}, in which case
environmental proxy settings will be used if present, as discussed in environmental proxy settings will be used if present, as discussed in
the definition of \function{urlopen()}, above. the definition of \function{urlopen()}, above.
Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, are used for Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, may be used for
authentication with the \file{https:} scheme. The keywords authentication of the client when using the \file{https:} scheme. The keywords
\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported; both are needed to \var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported to provide an
actually retrieve a resource at an \file{https:} URL. SSL key and certificate; both are needed to support client authentication.
\class{URLopener} objects will raise an \exception{IOError} exception \class{URLopener} objects will raise an \exception{IOError} exception
if the server returns an error code. if the server returns an error code.
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