Sphinx throws an error if you don't escape ** in **kwargs

diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 3188a2d09db3f2d20fd793d32bacd93a18a9eb18..e0bf346cb5f459659a3efa1c65ebc5f69ea3d00f 100644 (file)
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def get(url, **kwargs):
     """Sends a GET request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def options(url, **kwargs):
     """Sends a OPTIONS request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def head(url, **kwargs):
     """Sends a HEAD request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', False)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def post(url, data=None, **kwargs):
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def put(url, data=None, **kwargs):
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     return request('put', url, data=data, **kwargs)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def patch(url, data=None, **kwargs):
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     return request('patch', url,  data=data, **kwargs)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def delete(url, **kwargs):
     """Sends a DELETE request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
-    :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
     return request('delete', url, **kwargs)