diff --git a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst index cfca11afbd2..8b1c30af193 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst @@ -277,10 +277,11 @@ Module contents string returned by the generated :meth:`~object.__repr__` method. - *hash*: This can be a bool or ``None``. If true, this field is - included in the generated :meth:`~object.__hash__` method. If ``None`` (the - default), use the value of *compare*: this would normally be - the expected behavior. A field should be considered in the hash - if it's used for comparisons. Setting this value to anything + included in the generated :meth:`~object.__hash__` method. If false, + this field is excluded from the generated :meth:`~object.__hash__`. + If ``None`` (the default), use the value of *compare*: this would + normally be the expected behavior, since a field should be included + in the hash if it's used for comparisons. Setting this value to anything other than ``None`` is discouraged. One possible reason to set ``hash=False`` but ``compare=True``