Chris Jerdonek added the comment: Here is where the typo was introduced: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c890cbad4748#l1.69 ---------- nosy: +cjerdonek title: Doc: same word iteration -> os.stat() docs repeat "specifying a file descriptor" support _______________________________________ Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15886> _______________________________________