From f18a5daadd6dc9d43a673a6f363d0116bee20210 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 05:10:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #26439: Document that RTLD_NOW is always added

---
 Doc/library/ctypes.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index a6757907374..072d61ef31b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1354,8 +1354,9 @@ function is used to load the library into the process, and to get a handle to
 it.
 
 The *mode* parameter can be used to specify how the library is loaded.  For
-details, consult the :manpage:`dlopen(3)` manpage, on Windows, *mode* is
-ignored.
+details, consult the :manpage:`dlopen(3)` manpage.  On Windows, *mode* is
+ignored.  On posix systems, RTLD_NOW is always added, and is not
+configurable.
 
 The *use_errno* parameter, when set to True, enables a ctypes mechanism that
 allows accessing the system :data:`errno` error number in a safe way.