From 5f8d9d35753e22946880d4fefb123e8234706266 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Savage Mechanic <savagemechanic@github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 19:24:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gh-67512: Document IMAP4.append() flags argument (#149907)

---
 Doc/library/imaplib.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
index b002f4978123e6d..df2468f7124e6d6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ An :class:`IMAP4` instance has the following methods:
 
    Append *message* to named mailbox.
 
+   *flags* may be ``None`` or a string of IMAP flag tokens.  Multiple
+   flags are separated by spaces, for example ``r'\Seen \Answered'``.
+   If *flags* is not already enclosed in parentheses, parentheses are
+   added automatically.
+
 
 .. method:: IMAP4.authenticate(mechanism, authobject)