Update http.client.rst (#24803)

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@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The module provides the following classes:
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
The *strict* parameter was removed. HTTP 0.9-style "Simple Responses" are
not longer supported.
no longer supported.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
*blocksize* parameter was added.
@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ statement.
Return the value of the header *name*, or *default* if there is no header
matching *name*. If there is more than one header with the name *name*,
return all of the values joined by ', '. If 'default' is any iterable other
return all of the values joined by ', '. If *default* is any iterable other
than a single string, its elements are similarly returned joined by commas.
.. method:: HTTPResponse.getheaders()
@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ Here is an example session that uses the ``HEAD`` method. Note that the
>>> data == b''
True
Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests::
Here is an example session that uses the ``POST`` method::
>>> import http.client, urllib.parse
>>> params = urllib.parse.urlencode({'@number': 12524, '@type': 'issue', '@action': 'show'})
@ -594,14 +594,13 @@ Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests::
b'Redirecting to <a href="https://bugs.python.org/issue12524">https://bugs.python.org/issue12524</a>'
>>> conn.close()
Client side ``HTTP PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The
difference lies only the server side where HTTP server will allow resources to
be created via ``PUT`` request. It should be noted that custom HTTP methods
Client side HTTP ``PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The
difference lies only on the server side where HTTP servers will allow resources to
be created via ``PUT`` requests. It should be noted that custom HTTP methods
are also handled in :class:`urllib.request.Request` by setting the appropriate
method attribute. Here is an example session that shows how to send a ``PUT``
request using http.client::
method attribute. Here is an example session that uses the ``PUT`` method::
>>> # This creates an HTTP message
>>> # This creates an HTTP request
>>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation
>>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/file
...