From 277d4a41ad000250bdb42322c8c238d2ff9a0df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Fischer <djfische@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 18:19:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Note how HTTPErrors are raised

---
 docs/user/quickstart.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/user/quickstart.rst b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
index afdabe26..cc6d32df 100644
--- a/docs/user/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
@@ -492,8 +492,9 @@ Errors and Exceptions
 In the event of a network problem (e.g. DNS failure, refused connection, etc),
 Requests will raise a :class:`~requests.exceptions.ConnectionError` exception.
 
-In the rare event of an invalid HTTP response, Requests will raise an
-:class:`~requests.exceptions.HTTPError` exception.
+:meth:`Response.raise_for_status() <requests.Response.raise_for_status>` will
+raise an :class:`~requests.exceptions.HTTPError` if the HTTP request
+returned an unsuccessful status code.
 
 If a request times out, a :class:`~requests.exceptions.Timeout` exception is
 raised.