diff -r 5176e8a2e258 Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst Wed Dec 09 19:45:07 2015 +0200 +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst Wed Dec 09 21:39:17 2015 +0000 @@ -907,7 +907,8 @@ executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`. If the module is being run normally by the Python interpreter then - :func:`freeze_support` has no effect. + :func:`freeze_support` has no effect. This means that calling :func:`freeze_support` + on non-Windows plaforms will not cause any issues. .. function:: get_all_start_methods()