Fixed #34642 -- Added File.open() support for *args and **kwargs.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/files/file.txt b/docs/ref/files/file.txt
index 650bbb7079..ea9bf0968e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/files/file.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/files/file.txt
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ The ``File`` class
 
         The read/write mode for the file.
 
-    .. method:: open(mode=None)
+    .. method:: open(mode=None, *args, **kwargs)
 
         Open or reopen the file (which also does ``File.seek(0)``).
         The ``mode`` argument allows the same values
-        as Python's built-in :func:`python:open()`.
+        as Python's built-in :func:`python:open()`. ``*args`` and ``**kwargs``
+        are passed after ``mode`` to Python's built-in :func:`python:open`.
 
         When reopening a file, ``mode`` will override whatever mode the file
         was originally opened with; ``None`` means to reopen with the original
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ The ``File`` class
 
         It can be used as a context manager, e.g. ``with file.open() as f:``.
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 5.0
+
+            Support for passing ``*args`` and ``**kwargs`` was added.
+
     .. method:: __iter__()
 
         Iterate over the file yielding one line at a time.