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diff --git a/‎Modules/readline.c‎
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Corrected the error message in :func:`readline.append_history_file` to state that ``nelements`` must be non-negative instead of positive.
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ readline_append_history_file_impl(PyObject *module, int nelements,
 {
     if (nelements < 0)
     {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "nelements must be positive");
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "nelements must be non-negative");
         return NULL;
     }
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`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
	`1`	+Corrected the error message in :func:`readline.append_history_file` to state that ``nelements`` must be non-negative instead of positive.
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`@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ readline_append_history_file_impl(PyObject *module, int nelements,`
`391`	`391`	`{`
`392`	`392`	`if (nelements < 0)`
`393`	`393`	`{`
`394`		`- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "nelements must be positive");`
	`394`	`+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "nelements must be non-negative");`
`395`	`395`	`return NULL;`
`396`	`396`	`}`
`397`	`397`