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Co-authored-by: Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net>

Doc/c-api/object.rst

@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ Object Protocol
 
 .. c:function:: int PyObject_GetOptionalAttr(PyObject *obj, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject **result);
 
-   Replacement of :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttr` which doesn't raise
+   Variant of :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttr` which doesn't raise
    :exc:`AttributeError`.
 
-   Return ``1`` and set ``*result != NULL`` if an attribute is found.
-   Return ``0`` and set ``*result == NULL`` if an attribute is not found;
-   an :exc:`AttributeError` is silenced.
+   Return ``1`` and set ``*result != NULL`` if the attribute is found.
+   Return ``0`` and set ``*result == NULL`` if the attribute is not found;
+   the :exc:`AttributeError` is silenced.
    Return ``-1`` and set ``*result == NULL`` if an error other than
    :exc:`AttributeError` is raised.
 

Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst

@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ New Features
   ``NULL`` if the referent is no longer live.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105927`.)
 
-* Add :c:func:`PyObject_GetOptionalAttr` function: replacement of
+* Add :c:func:`PyObject_GetOptionalAttr`, a variant of
   :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttr` which doesn't raise :exc:`AttributeError`.
   It is convenient and faster if the missing attribute should not be treated
   as a failure.

Include/abstract.h

@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
    int PyObject_GetOptionalAttr(PyObject *obj, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject **result);
 
-   Replacement of PyObject_GetAttr() which doesn't raise AttributeError.
+   Variant of PyObject_GetAttr() which doesn't raise AttributeError.
 
-   Return 1 and set *result != NULL if an attribute is found.
-   Return 0 and set *result == NULL if an attribute is not found;
-   an AttributeError is silenced.
+   Return 1 and set *result != NULL if the attribute is found.
+   Return 0 and set *result == NULL if the attribute is not found;
+   the AttributeError is silenced.
    Return -1 and set *result == NULL if an error other than AttributeError
    is raised.
 */