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-rw-r--r--numpy/lib/type_check.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/lib/type_check.py b/numpy/lib/type_check.py
index cb9b6ee49..da9e13847 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/type_check.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/type_check.py
@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ def asscalar(a):
Returns
-------
out : scalar
- Scalar representation of `a`. The input data type is preserved.
+ Scalar representation of `a`. The output data type is the same type
+ returned by the input's `item` method.
Examples
--------