diff -r ca5635efe090 Doc/library/base64.rst --- a/Doc/library/base64.rst Sun Mar 02 09:19:03 2014 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/base64.rst Mon Mar 03 11:21:07 2014 +0900 @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ There are two interfaces provided by this module. The modern interface supports encoding and decoding ASCII byte string objects using all three -alphabets. Additionally, the decoding functions of the modern interface also +alphabets (normal, URL and Filesystem safe alphabet). +Additionally, the decoding functions of the modern interface also accept Unicode strings containing only ASCII characters. The legacy interface provides for encoding and decoding to and from file-like objects as well as byte strings, but only using the Base64 standard alphabet.