@@ -492,17 +492,8 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
492492 strings other than those passed in (however, the contents of the strings
493493 pointed to by the argument list are not modified).
494494
495- The return value will be ``0`` if the interpreter exits normally (i.e.,
496- without an exception), ``1`` if the interpreter exits due to an exception,
497- or ``2`` if the argument list does not represent a valid Python command
498- line.
499-
500- Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemExit` is raised, this
501- function will not return ``1``, but exit the process, as long as
502- ``Py_InspectFlag`` is not set. If ``Py_InspectFlag`` is set, execution will
503- drop into the interactive Python prompt, at which point a second otherwise
504- unhandled :exc:`SystemExit` will still exit the process, while any other
505- means of exiting will set the return value as described above.
495+ The return value is ``2`` if the argument list does not represent a valid
496+ Python command line, and otherwise the same as :c:func:`Py_RunMain`.
506497
507498 In terms of the CPython runtime configuration APIs documented in the
508499 :ref:`runtime configuration <init-config>` section (and without accounting
@@ -539,23 +530,18 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
539530
540531 If :c:member:`PyConfig.inspect` is not set (the default), the return value
541532 will be ``0`` if the interpreter exits normally (that is, without raising
542- an exception), or ``1`` if the interpreter exits due to an exception. If an
543- otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemExit` is raised, the function will immediately
544- exit the process instead of returning ``1``.
533+ an exception), the exit status of an unhandled :exc:`SystemExit`, or ``1``
534+ for any other unhandled exception.
545535
546536 If :c:member:`PyConfig.inspect` is set (such as when the :option: `-i ` option
547537 is used), rather than returning when the interpreter exits, execution will
548538 instead resume in an interactive Python prompt (REPL) using the ``__main__``
549539 module's global namespace. If the interpreter exited with an exception, it
550540 is immediately raised in the REPL session. The function return value is
551- then determined by the way the *REPL session* terminates: returning ``0``
552- if the session terminates without raising an unhandled exception, exiting
553- immediately for an unhandled :exc:`SystemExit`, and returning ``1`` for
554- any other unhandled exception.
555-
556- This function always finalizes the Python interpreter regardless of whether
557- it returns a value or immediately exits the process due to an unhandled
558- :exc:`SystemExit` exception.
541+ then determined by the way the *REPL session* terminates: ``0``, ``1``, or
542+ the status of a :exc:`SystemExit`, as specified above.
543+
544+ This function always finalizes the Python interpreter before it returns.
559545
560546 See :ref:`Python Configuration <init-python-config>` for an example of a
561547 customized Python that always runs in isolated mode using
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