From 9a20afd6b5140da4b9f187a3c0c6ea7010baeee9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Samek <brian.samek@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:32:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Refactor default params

Specified the default argument for params that have a default in the docstring
so that the default is easier to see from the code. Modified the docstring in
api.py to match the docstring in sessions.py.
---
 AUTHORS.rst          | 1 +
 requests/api.py      | 2 +-
 requests/sessions.py | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index d4bfaf96..7d0ac65a 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -162,3 +162,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Smiley Barry (`@smiley <https://github.com/smiley>`_)
 - Shagun Sodhani (`@shagunsodhani <https://github.com/shagunsodhani>`_)
 - Robin Linderborg (`@vienno <https://github.com/vienno>`_)
+- Brian Samek(`@bsamek <https://github.com/bsamek`_)
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 09ec731b..b21a1a4f 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     :param allow_redirects: (optional) Boolean. Set to True if POST/PUT/DELETE redirect following is allowed.
     :type allow_redirects: bool
     :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy.
-    :param verify: (optional) if ``True``, the SSL cert will be verified. A CA_BUNDLE path can also be provided.
+    :param verify: (optional) whether the SSL cert will be verified. A CA_BUNDLE path can also be provided. Defaults to ``True``.
     :param stream: (optional) if ``False``, the response content will be immediately downloaded.
     :param cert: (optional) if String, path to ssl client cert file (.pem). If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
     :return: :class:`Response <Response>` object
diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index a1d19686..79d52ee9 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
         allow_redirects=True,
         proxies=None,
         hooks=None,
-        stream=None,
-        verify=None,
+        stream=False,
+        verify=True,
         cert=None,
         json=None):
         """Constructs a :class:`Request <Request>`, prepares it and sends it.
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
             hostname to the URL of the proxy.
         :param stream: (optional) whether to immediately download the response
             content. Defaults to ``False``.
-        :param verify: (optional) if ``True``, the SSL cert will be verified.
+        :param verify: (optional) whether the SSL cert will be verified.
             A CA_BUNDLE path can also be provided. Defaults to ``True``.
         :param cert: (optional) if String, path to ssl client cert file (.pem).
             If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.

From 9aca57d4bf7fe7906dd7b6d9e7c4836b6f38735d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Samek <brian.samek@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:47:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revert changes to params

This reverts commit 9a20afd6b5140da4b9f187a3c0c6ea7010baeee9.

Docstring changes were desirable, but changes to params were not.
---
 requests/sessions.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index 79d52ee9..9eaa36ae 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
         allow_redirects=True,
         proxies=None,
         hooks=None,
-        stream=False,
-        verify=True,
+        stream=None,
+        verify=None,
         cert=None,
         json=None):
         """Constructs a :class:`Request <Request>`, prepares it and sends it.