From 1fe1e8a0771a8db0b7c1f8c39f770999acd0a764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: danimtb <danimanzaneque@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:28:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document the return value of self.copy() in the package
 method

---
 reference/conanfile/methods.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/reference/conanfile/methods.rst b/reference/conanfile/methods.rst
index 2c8dff1ae18a..c651a9616a17 100644
--- a/reference/conanfile/methods.rst
+++ b/reference/conanfile/methods.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ The syntax of ``self.copy`` inside ``package()`` is as follows:
 
     self.copy(pattern, dst="", src="", keep_path=True, symlinks=None, excludes=None, ignore_case=False)
 
+Returns: A list with absolute paths of the files copied in the destination folder.
+
 Parameters:
     - **pattern** (Required): A pattern following fnmatch syntax of the files you want to copy, from the build to the package folders.
       Typically something like ``*.lib`` or ``*.h``.