diff -r 3ae2cd85a908 Doc/library/select.rst
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst	Sun Mar 09 11:18:16 2014 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst	Tue Mar 25 20:30:09 2014 +0530
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@
 
    (Only supported on Linux 2.5.44 and newer.) Return an edge polling object,
    which can be used as Edge or Level Triggered interface for I/O
-   events. *sizehint* is deprecated and completely ignored. *flags* can be set
-   to :const:`EPOLL_CLOEXEC`, which causes the epoll descriptor to be closed
-   automatically when :func:`os.execve` is called.
+   events. *sizehint* is deprecated and completely ignored.
+
+   .. deprecated:: 3.4
+   	The *flags* argument.  Previously it could be passed :const:`EPOLL_CLOEXEC`
+   	on platforms that supported it to close the file descriptor when :func:`os.execve`
+   	is called, but this is now the default.
 
    See the :ref:`epoll-objects` section below for the methods supported by
    epolling objects.