[3.11] Clarifying the documentation on library/syslog (GH-92587) (GH-…

…95492) (cherry picked from commit b7ce462) Co-authored-by: Nicolas Haller <[email protected]>
python · Aug 5, 2022 · 6a36b8e · 6a36b8e
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diff --git a/Doc/library/syslog.rst b/Doc/library/syslog.rst
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ The module defines the following functions:
    value given in the :func:`openlog` call is used.
 
    If :func:`openlog` has not been called prior to the call to :func:`syslog`,
-   ``openlog()`` will be called with no arguments.
+   :func:`openlog` will be called with no arguments.
 
    .. audit-event:: syslog.syslog priority,message syslog.syslog
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+      In previous versions, :func:`openlog` would not be called automatically if
+      it wasn't called prior to the call to :func:`syslog`, deferring to the syslog
+      implementation to call ``openlog()``.
+
 
 .. function:: openlog([ident[, logoption[, facility]]])
 
@@ -53,8 +58,7 @@ The module defines the following functions:
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.2
       In previous versions, keyword arguments were not allowed, and *ident* was
-      required.  The default for *ident* was dependent on the system libraries,
-      and often was ``python`` instead of the name of the Python program file.
+      required.
 
 
 .. function:: closelog()