https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1bab6c919212cbac9be9e37bbd4d85865051f17f
commit: 1bab6c919212cbac9be9e37bbd4d85865051f17f
branch: main
author: Mani Salahmand <[email protected]>
committer: gpshead <[email protected]>
date: 2026-05-16T23:01:50-07:00
summary:

gh-149857: Clarify multiprocessing Process argument wording (GH-149919)

Use consistent 'picklable' wording

files:
M Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 187143d02cd7bf..7b17df08f7dc71 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ To show the individual process IDs involved, here is an 
expanded example::
 For an explanation of why the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` part is
 necessary, see :ref:`multiprocessing-programming`.
 
-The arguments to :class:`Process` usually need to be unpickleable from within
-the child process. If you tried typing the above example directly into a REPL 
it
-could lead to an :exc:`AttributeError` in the child process trying to locate 
the
-*f* function in the ``__main__`` module.
+The arguments to :class:`Process` usually need to be picklable so they can be
+passed to the child process. If you tried typing the above example directly
+into a REPL it could lead to an :exc:`AttributeError` in the child process
+trying to locate the *f* function in the ``__main__`` module.
 
 
 .. _multiprocessing-start-methods:

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