https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d52cfd2a0ec4423ed94bda640deefdfcf053bd8e
commit: d52cfd2a0ec4423ed94bda640deefdfcf053bd8e
branch: main
author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-07-11T08:13:37Z
summary:

gh-88647: Fix tkinter config() docs for synonym options (GH-153544)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/tkinter.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
index fe54e831afbcd4..d2bd075c2e17d7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
@@ -545,11 +545,8 @@ arguments, or by calling the :meth:`~Misc.keys` method on 
that widget.
 The return value of these calls is a dictionary whose key is the name of the
 option as a string (for example, ``'relief'``) and whose values are 5-tuples.
 
-Some options, like ``bg`` are synonyms for common options with long names
-(``bg`` is shorthand for "background"). Passing the ``config()`` method the 
name
-of a shorthand option will return a 2-tuple, not 5-tuple. The 2-tuple passed
-back will contain the name of the synonym and the "real" option (such as
-``('bg', 'background')``).
+Some options, like ``bg``, are synonyms for common options with long names
+(``bg`` is shorthand for "background").
 
 +-------+---------------------------------+--------------+
 | Index | Meaning                         | Example      |

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