[Python-checkins] bpo-42559: Not that getrandbits() is non-negative. (GH-23843) (GH-23851)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d458d8dab0abaf781c923f80f8eb832d0c683e88
commit: d458d8dab0abaf781c923f80f8eb832d0c683e88
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: rhettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2020-12-18T19:10:06-08:00
summary:

bpo-42559: Not that getrandbits() is non-negative. (GH-23843) (GH-23851)

files:
M Doc/library/random.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 8154dfc18ccc6..0e703251259aa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -142,10 +142,11 @@ Functions for integers
 
 .. function:: getrandbits(k)
 
-   Returns a Python integer with *k* random bits. This method is supplied with
-   the MersenneTwister generator and some other generators may also provide it
-   as an optional part of the API. When available, :meth:`getrandbits` enables
-   :meth:`randrange` to handle arbitrarily large ranges.
+   Returns a non-negative Python integer with *k* random bits. This method
+   is supplied with the MersenneTwister generator and some other generators
+   may also provide it as an optional part of the API. When available,
+   :meth:`getrandbits` enables :meth:`randrange` to handle arbitrarily large
+   ranges.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.9
       This method now accepts zero for *k*.



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