fixes #30 - attempted to clarify when file_error is actually relevant

changelog for the pending 5.0.2 version

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/configobj.rst b/docs/configobj.rst
index 077361f..bc08ebf 100644
--- a/docs/configobj.rst
+++ b/docs/configobj.rst
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ ConfigObj takes the following arguments (with the default values shown) :
 * 'file_error': ``False``
 
     If this value is ``True`` and the file specified by ``infile`` doesn't
-    exist, ConfigObj will raise an ``IOError``.
-
-    Altering this value after initial parsing has no effect.
+    exist, ConfigObj will raise an ``IOError``. This error will be raised whenever
+    an attempt to load the ``infile`` occurs, either in the constructor or using
+    the reload method.
 
 * 'interpolation': ``True``
 
@@ -2383,6 +2383,11 @@ CHANGELOG
 This is an abbreviated changelog showing the major releases up to version 4.
 From version 4 it lists all releases and changes.
 
+2014/02/27 - Version 5.0.2
+--------------------------
+* Specific error message for installing version this version on Python versions older than 2.5
+* Documentation corrections
+
 2014/02/19 - Version 5.0.1
 --------------------------
 * BUGFIX: Fixed regression on python 2.x where passing an ``encoding`` parameter did