From 9eb8fb9be37d1481b9940d0d9a88a24f58d0b6a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Howitz <mh@gocept.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:58:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce resource_string documentation confusion.

Besides the name the function returns bytes.
---
 docs/pkg_resources.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/pkg_resources.rst b/docs/pkg_resources.rst
index fb5fc0774f..c115818961 100644
--- a/docs/pkg_resources.rst
+++ b/docs/pkg_resources.rst
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ paths.
     will be read as-is.
 
 ``resource_string(package_or_requirement, resource_name)``
-    Return the specified resource as a string.  The resource is read in
+    Return the specified resource as ``bytes``.  The resource is read in
     binary fashion, such that the returned string contains exactly the bytes
     that are stored in the resource.