bpo-32212: Updated logging documentation to make parameter names more consistent with source. (pythonGH-4765)

vsajip · web-flow · commit a9f8df646aac · 2017-12-09T11:09:04.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ is the module's name in the Python package namespace.
          scenario is to attach handlers only to the root logger, and to let
          propagation take care of the rest.
 
-   .. method:: Logger.setLevel(lvl)
+   .. method:: Logger.setLevel(level)
 
-      Sets the threshold for this logger to *lvl*. Logging messages which are less
-      severe than *lvl* will be ignored; logging messages which have severity *lvl*
+      Sets the threshold for this logger to *level*. Logging messages which are less
+      severe than *level* will be ignored; logging messages which have severity *level*
       or higher will be emitted by whichever handler or handlers service this logger,
-      unless a handler's level has been set to a higher severity level than *lvl*.
+      unless a handler's level has been set to a higher severity level than *level*.
 
       When a logger is created, the level is set to :const:`NOTSET` (which causes
       all messages to be processed when the logger is the root logger, or delegation
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ is the module's name in the Python package namespace.
       See :ref:`levels` for a list of levels.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.2
-         The *lvl* parameter now accepts a string representation of the
+         The *level* parameter now accepts a string representation of the
          level such as 'INFO' as an alternative to the integer constants
          such as :const:`INFO`. Note, however, that levels are internally stored
          as integers, and methods such as e.g. :meth:`getEffectiveLevel` and
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ is the module's name in the Python package namespace.
       message. This method should only be called from an exception handler.
 
 
-   .. method:: Logger.addFilter(filt)
+   .. method:: Logger.addFilter(filter)
 
-      Adds the specified filter *filt* to this logger.
+      Adds the specified filter *filter* to this logger.
 
 
-   .. method:: Logger.removeFilter(filt)
+   .. method:: Logger.removeFilter(filter)
 
-      Removes the specified filter *filt* from this logger.
+      Removes the specified filter *filter* from this logger.
 
 
    .. method:: Logger.filter(record)
@@ -393,33 +393,34 @@ subclasses. However, the :meth:`__init__` method in subclasses needs to call
       Releases the thread lock acquired with :meth:`acquire`.
 
 
-   .. method:: Handler.setLevel(lvl)
+   .. method:: Handler.setLevel(level)
 
-      Sets the threshold for this handler to *lvl*. Logging messages which are less
-      severe than *lvl* will be ignored. When a handler is created, the level is set
-      to :const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be processed).
+      Sets the threshold for this handler to *level*. Logging messages which are
+      less severe than *level* will be ignored. When a handler is created, the
+      level is set to :const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be
+      processed).
 
       See :ref:`levels` for a list of levels.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.2
-         The *lvl* parameter now accepts a string representation of the
+         The *level* parameter now accepts a string representation of the
          level such as 'INFO' as an alternative to the integer constants
          such as :const:`INFO`.
 
 
-   .. method:: Handler.setFormatter(form)
+   .. method:: Handler.setFormatter(fmt)
 
-      Sets the :class:`Formatter` for this handler to *form*.
+      Sets the :class:`Formatter` for this handler to *fmt*.
 
 
-   .. method:: Handler.addFilter(filt)
+   .. method:: Handler.addFilter(filter)
 
-      Adds the specified filter *filt* to this handler.
+      Adds the specified filter *filter* to this handler.
 
 
-   .. method:: Handler.removeFilter(filt)
+   .. method:: Handler.removeFilter(filter)
 
-      Removes the specified filter *filt* from this handler.
+      Removes the specified filter *filter* from this handler.
 
 
    .. method:: Handler.filter(record)
