diff -r faaac6ceffff Doc/library/hashlib.rst --- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst Thu Dec 20 12:55:15 2012 -0600 +++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst Thu Dec 20 14:47:19 2012 -0500 @@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ .. note:: - For better multithreading performance, the Python GIL is released for + For better multithreading performance, the Python :term:`GIL` is released for strings of more than 2047 bytes at object creation or on update. .. note:: - Feeding string objects is to :meth:`update` is not supported, as hashes work + Feeding string objects into :meth:`update` is not supported, as hashes work on bytes, not on characters. .. index:: single: OpenSSL; (use in module hashlib)