pythongh-128342: Specify timeout unit in subprocess docstrings (pytho…

…nGH-128343) Specify timeout unit (seconds) in subprocess docstrings (cherry picked from commit dafe7a4) Co-authored-by: n-l-i <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <[email protected]>
miss-islington · Dec 30, 2024 · cd93215 · cd93215
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diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def _text_encoding():
 
 def call(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs):
     """Run command with arguments.  Wait for command to complete or
-    timeout, then return the returncode attribute.
+    for timeout seconds, then return the returncode attribute.
 
     The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 
@@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ def run(*popenargs,
     in the returncode attribute, and output & stderr attributes if those streams
     were captured.
 
-    If timeout is given, and the process takes too long, a TimeoutExpired
-    exception will be raised.
+    If timeout (seconds) is given and the process takes too long,
+     a TimeoutExpired exception will be raised.
 
     There is an optional argument "input", allowing you to
     pass bytes or a string to the subprocess's stdin.  If you use this argument