https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7ed37e95c5ac4f502cfc366f7ea24ebdc48d077a
commit: 7ed37e95c5ac4f502cfc366f7ea24ebdc48d077a
branch: main
author: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]>
committer: ambv <[email protected]>
date: 2026-10-21T02:36:53-07:00
summary:

gh-117404: Document preference for `zlib_version` over 
`zlib.ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION` (#157816)

files:
M Doc/library/zlib.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/zlib.rst b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
index 8a30a0ad4fc272..d1efb521633297 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
@@ -487,11 +487,14 @@ the following constants:
 
    The version string of the zlib library actually loaded by the interpreter.
 
+   Prefer :const:`!zlib_version` over its :const:`!ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION` alias.
+
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
       The :const:`!ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION` constant.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.16
-      The :const:`!zlib_version` alias.
+      The :const:`!zlib_version` constant; :const:`!ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION` is 
now
+      an alias for it.
 
 
 .. data:: ZLIB_VERSION_INFO

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