Erik Byström added the comment:
Yes, you're right. I do think the docs are a bit misleading.
Maybe something like this would make it more clear?
"If a class is used as a spec then the returned object will be a mock of that
class. When the constructor of the returned mock class is in
New submission from Erik Byström:
"a class" should most probably be replaced by "an instance" in the
documentation for create_autospec.
"You can use a class as the spec for an instance object by passing
instance=True. The returned mock will only be callable
