From 64aff0633b966c4a13a44504b6e4d2a05cedfa15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:16:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Mention that venv --prompt may expand its argument using the
 shell

---
 Doc/library/venv.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst
index 1ad2401fe2f3f31..9d4c53de7a50291 100644
--- a/Doc/library/venv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
 .. option:: --prompt <PROMPT>
 
    Provides an alternative prompt prefix for this environment.
+   Depending on the operating system, the prompt string may be
+   evaluated by the shell.
 
 .. option:: --upgrade-deps