@@ -1079,7 +1079,9 @@ Miscellaneous
10791079 Return a context object which has the same attributes as the
10801080 :mod: `multiprocessing ` module.
10811081
1082- If *method * is ``None `` then the default context is returned.
1082+ If *method * is ``None `` then the default context is returned. Note that if
1083+ the global start method has not been set, this will set it to the
1084+ default method.
10831085 Otherwise *method * should be ``'fork' ``, ``'spawn' ``,
10841086 ``'forkserver' ``. :exc: `ValueError ` is raised if the specified
10851087 start method is not available. See :ref: `multiprocessing-start-methods `.
@@ -1090,10 +1092,10 @@ Miscellaneous
10901092
10911093 Return the name of start method used for starting processes.
10921094
1093- If the start method has not been fixed and *allow_none * is false,
1094- then the start method is fixed to the default and the name is
1095- returned. If the start method has not been fixed and *allow_none *
1096- is true then ``None `` is returned.
1095+ If the global start method has not been set and *allow_none * is
1096+ `` False ``, then the start method is set to the default and the name
1097+ is returned. If the start method has not been set and *allow_none * is
1098+ `` True `` then ``None `` is returned.
10971099
10981100 The return value can be ``'fork' ``, ``'spawn' ``, ``'forkserver' ``
10991101 or ``None ``. See :ref: `multiprocessing-start-methods `.
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