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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
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Expand Up @@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ to start a process. These *start methods* are

.. versionchanged:: 3.8

On macOS, *spawn* start method is now the default: *fork* start method is no
longer reliable on macOS, see :issue:`33725`.
On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now the default. The *fork* start
method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the
subprocess. See :issue:`33725`.

.. versionchanged:: 3.4
*spawn* added on all unix platforms, and *forkserver* added for
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