[Python-checkins] bpo-10548: expectedFailure does not apply to fixtures (GH-23201) (#26044)

[iritkatriel]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1e4ca09d825cc8059bbf80c8137164816b84cfe7
commit: 1e4ca09d825cc8059bbf80c8137164816b84cfe7
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: iritkatriel <iritkatriel at yahoo.com>
date: 2021-05-11T23:23:40+01:00
summary:

bpo-10548: expectedFailure does not apply to fixtures (GH-23201) (#26044)

(cherry picked from commit 23ae2c3bacc167f7bbfea1846bbbc9dde63a1bfd)

Co-authored-by: Irit Katriel <iritkatriel at yahoo.com>

files:
M Doc/library/unittest.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 0c29408cb1921..99c2f6e029448 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ The following decorators and exception implement test skipping and expected fail
 .. decorator:: expectedFailure
 
    Mark the test as an expected failure or error.  If the test fails or errors
-   it will be considered a success.  If the test passes, it will be considered
-   a failure.
+   in the test function itself (rather than in one of the :dfn:`test fixture`
+   methods) then it will be considered a success.  If the test passes, it will
+   be considered a failure.
 
 .. exception:: SkipTest(reason)