commit 68d25df1d2e26b851e497f45e4ebf372194e7fe5
author Hongcheng Xu <hcxu@google.com> Fri Dec 16 09:58:19 2022 -0800
committer Copybara-Service <copybara-worker@google.com> Fri Dec 16 09:59:22 2022 -0800
tree 3c2695e1d9fec3fd6f152812c59f7e7f663bed2c
parent e3c346fdd80874a414a6d20a63ac559bec30997d

Clarifies ParseFromString method takes only binary form of proto

PiperOrigin-RevId: 495898678

python/google/protobuf/message.py

diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/message.py b/python/google/protobuf/message.py
index 0fe6a4f..786c09f 100755
--- a/python/google/protobuf/message.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/message.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     raise NotImplementedError
 
   def ParseFromString(self, serialized):
-    """Parse serialized protocol buffer data into this message.
+    """Parse serialized protocol buffer data in binary form into this message.
 
     Like :func:`MergeFromString()`, except we clear the object first.