diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 3e8fc54485e..eb303534445 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -4254,20 +4254,20 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program. Returns the current global process times. The return value is an object with five attributes: - * :attr:`user` - user time - * :attr:`system` - system time - * :attr:`children_user` - user time of all child processes - * :attr:`children_system` - system time of all child processes - * :attr:`elapsed` - elapsed real time since a fixed point in the past + * :attr:`!user` - user time + * :attr:`!system` - system time + * :attr:`!children_user` - user time of all child processes + * :attr:`!children_system` - system time of all child processes + * :attr:`!elapsed` - elapsed real time since a fixed point in the past For backwards compatibility, this object also behaves like a five-tuple - containing :attr:`user`, :attr:`system`, :attr:`children_user`, - :attr:`children_system`, and :attr:`elapsed` in that order. + containing :attr:`!user`, :attr:`!system`, :attr:`!children_user`, + :attr:`!children_system`, and :attr:`!elapsed` in that order. See the Unix manual page :manpage:`times(2)` and :manpage:`times(3)` manual page on Unix or `the GetProcessTimes MSDN `_ - on Windows. On Windows, only :attr:`user` and :attr:`system` are known; the other attributes are zero. + on Windows. On Windows, only :attr:`!user` and :attr:`!system` are known; the other attributes are zero. .. availability:: Unix, Windows.