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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/socket.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1605,8 +1605,9 @@ to sockets.

Receive data from the socket. The return value is a bytes object representing the
data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once is specified
by *bufsize*. See the Unix manual page :manpage:`recv(2)` for the meaning of
the optional argument *flags*; it defaults to zero.
by *bufsize*. A returned empty bytes object indicates that the client has disconnected.
See the Unix manual page :manpage:`recv(2)` for the meaning of the optional argument
*flags*; it defaults to zero.

.. note::

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