# HG changeset patch
# Parent  e66c476b25ec2ec8a616cd37384894740ec006ab
Issue #26261: Clarify NamedTemporaryFile name attribute vs file.name

diff -r e66c476b25ec Doc/library/tempfile.rst
--- a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst	Fri Feb 19 23:46:59 2016 +0000
+++ b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst	Sat Feb 20 07:43:45 2016 +0000
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
    This function operates exactly as :func:`TemporaryFile` does, except that
    the file is guaranteed to have a visible name in the file system (on
    Unix, the directory entry is not unlinked).  That name can be retrieved
-   from the :attr:`name` attribute of the file object.  Whether the name can be
+   from the :attr:`name` attribute of the returned
+   file-like object.  Whether the name can be
    used to open the file a second time, while the named temporary file is
    still open, varies across platforms (it can be so used on Unix; it cannot
    on Windows NT or later).  If *delete* is true (the default), the file is
diff -r e66c476b25ec Lib/tempfile.py
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py	Fri Feb 19 23:46:59 2016 +0000
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py	Sat Feb 20 07:43:45 2016 +0000
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@
     The file is created as mkstemp() would do it.
 
     Returns an object with a file-like interface; the name of the file
-    is accessible as file.name.  The file will be automatically deleted
-    when it is closed unless the 'delete' argument is set to False.
+    is accessible as its 'name' attribute.  The file will be automatically
+    deleted when it is closed unless the 'delete' argument is set to False.
     """
 
     prefix, suffix, dir, output_type = _sanitize_params(prefix, suffix, dir)