diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
index d901ad2cc1c48e..f82a3b200deb7c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
    representation. If *create* is ``True``, the mailbox is created if it does not
    exist.
 
+   If *create* is ``True`` and the *dirname* path exists, it will be treated as
+   an existing maildir without attempting to verify its directory layout.
+
    It is for historical reasons that *dirname* is named as such rather than *path*.
 
    Maildir is a directory-based mailbox format invented for the qmail mail
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index c0119992cffe30..4bd7e404a14589 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1612,6 +1612,7 @@ Kalle Svensson
 Andrew Svetlov
 Paul Swartz
 Al Sweigart
+Sviatoslav Sydorenko
 Thenault Sylvain
 Péter Szabó
 John Szakmeister
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-13-12-43-01.bpo-30088.CIcBjy.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-13-12-43-01.bpo-30088.CIcBjy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a39fe3fbbcb6e8
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-13-12-43-01.bpo-30088.CIcBjy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Documented that :class:`mailbox.Maildir` constructor doesn't attempt to verify the maildir folder layout correctness. Patch by Sviatoslav Sydorenko.
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