diff -r 5b0595339c9d Doc/library/subprocess.rst --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst Sun Aug 26 07:33:10 2012 +0300 +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst Sun Aug 26 23:39:46 2012 -0700 @@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ .. warning:: - Use :meth:`communicate` rather than :attr:`.stdin.write `, - :attr:`.stdout.read ` or :attr:`.stderr.read ` to avoid + Use :meth:`communicate() ` rather than :attr:`.stdin.write `, + :attr:`.stdout.read ` or :attr:`.stderr.read ` to avoid deadlocks due to any of the other OS pipe buffers filling up and blocking the child process.