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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/subprocess.rst
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Expand Up @@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ compatibility with older versions, see the :ref:`call-function-trio` section.
.. attribute:: output

Output of the child process if it was captured by :func:`run` or
:func:`check_output`. Otherwise, ``None``.
:func:`check_output`. Otherwise, ``None``. This is always
:class:`bytes` when any output was captured regardless of the
``text=True`` setting. It may remain ``None`` instead of ``b''``
when no output was observed.

.. attribute:: stdout

Expand All @@ -204,7 +207,9 @@ compatibility with older versions, see the :ref:`call-function-trio` section.
.. attribute:: stderr

Stderr output of the child process if it was captured by :func:`run`.
Otherwise, ``None``.
Otherwise, ``None``. This is always :class:`bytes` when stderr output
was captured regardless of the ``text=True`` setting. It may remain
``None`` instead of ``b''`` when no stderr output was observed.

.. versionadded:: 3.3

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