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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/configobj.rst
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Expand Up @@ -417,8 +417,7 @@ ConfigObj takes the following arguments (with the default values shown) :

``default_encoding``, if specified, is the encoding used to decode byte
strings in the **ConfigObj** before writing. If this is ``None``, then
the Python default encoding (``sys.defaultencoding`` - usually ASCII) is
used.
a default encoding (currently ASCII) is used.

For most Western European users, a value of ``latin-1`` is sensible.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -869,7 +868,8 @@ members) will first be decoded to Unicode using the encoding specified by the
``default_encoding`` attribute. This ensures that the output is in the encoding
specified.

If this value is ``None`` then ``sys.defaultencoding`` is used instead.
If this value is ``None`` then a default encoding (currently ASCII) is used to decode
any byte-strings in your ConfigObj instance.


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