bpo-40376: slightly improved the wording for os.getgrouplist (GH-19702)

The documentation for os.getgrouplist potentially read like it returned all groups a user belongs to but it potentially doesn't. Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <[email protected]>
python · Apr 15, 2022 · bd26ef5 · bd26ef5
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@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ process and user.
 
    Return list of group ids that *user* belongs to. If *group* is not in the
    list, it is included; typically, *group* is specified as the group ID
-   field from the password record for *user*.
+   field from the password record for *user*, because that group ID will
+   otherwise be potentially omitted.
 
    .. availability:: Unix.