Trying to make the docs around the count param a bit more clear.

garnaat · garnaat · commit dfa456fb8491 · 2013-04-24T05:38:52.000-07:00
diff --git a/boto/dynamodb/layer2.py b/boto/dynamodb/layer2.py
@@ -681,6 +681,9 @@ def query(self, table, hash_key, range_key_condition=None,
         :param count: If True, Amazon DynamoDB returns a total
             number of items for the Query operation, even if the
             operation has no matching items for the assigned filter.
+            If count is True, the actual items are not returned and
+            the count is accessible as the ``count`` attribute of
+            the returned object.
 
         :type exclusive_start_key: list or tuple
         :param exclusive_start_key: Primary key of the item from
@@ -769,6 +772,9 @@ def scan(self, table, scan_filter=None,
         :param count: If True, Amazon DynamoDB returns a total
             number of items for the Scan operation, even if the
             operation has no matching items for the assigned filter.
+            If count is True, the actual items are not returned and
+            the count is accessible as the ``count`` attribute of
+            the returned object.
 
         :type exclusive_start_key: list or tuple
         :param exclusive_start_key: Primary key of the item from
diff --git a/boto/dynamodb/table.py b/boto/dynamodb/table.py
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ def query(self, hash_key, *args, **kw):
         :param count: If True, Amazon DynamoDB returns a total
             number of items for the Query operation, even if the
             operation has no matching items for the assigned filter.
+            If count is True, the actual items are not returned and
+            the count is accessible as the ``count`` attribute of
+            the returned object.
 
 
         :type item_class: Class
@@ -494,6 +497,9 @@ def scan(self, *args, **kw):
         :param count: If True, Amazon DynamoDB returns a total
             number of items for the Scan operation, even if the
             operation has no matching items for the assigned filter.
+            If count is True, the actual items are not returned and
+            the count is accessible as the ``count`` attribute of
+            the returned object.
 
         :type exclusive_start_key: list or tuple
         :param exclusive_start_key: Primary key of the item from
