@@ -1118,7 +1118,9 @@ Miscellaneous
11181118 Return a context object which has the same attributes as the
11191119 :mod: `multiprocessing ` module.
11201120
1121- If *method * is ``None `` then the default context is returned.
1121+ If *method * is ``None `` then the default context is returned. Note that if
1122+ the global start method has not been set, this will set it to the
1123+ default method.
11221124 Otherwise *method * should be ``'fork' ``, ``'spawn' ``,
11231125 ``'forkserver' ``. :exc: `ValueError ` is raised if the specified
11241126 start method is not available. See :ref: `multiprocessing-start-methods `.
@@ -1129,10 +1131,10 @@ Miscellaneous
11291131
11301132 Return the name of start method used for starting processes.
11311133
1132- If the start method has not been fixed and *allow_none * is false,
1133- then the start method is fixed to the default and the name is
1134- returned. If the start method has not been fixed and *allow_none *
1135- is true then ``None `` is returned.
1134+ If the global start method has not been set and *allow_none * is
1135+ `` False ``, then the start method is set to the default and the name
1136+ is returned. If the start method has not been set and *allow_none * is
1137+ `` True `` then ``None `` is returned.
11361138
11371139 The return value can be ``'fork' ``, ``'spawn' ``, ``'forkserver' ``
11381140 or ``None ``. See :ref: `multiprocessing-start-methods `.
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