From 1727e765c59fa35ddd7f10fd0adcb83e7c8fa793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: radiant159 <156152320+radiantsb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:03:42 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update threading.py

add a warning to Thread.run() docstring so that users are aware that Thread.start() is the correct way to start a thread's execution
---
 Lib/threading.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index abac31e25886fa..d20bfe81c302c5 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ def start(self):
         self._started.wait()  # Will set ident and native_id
 
     def run(self):
-        """Method representing the thread's activity.
+        """Method representing the thread's activity. Use Thread.start() to start a thread's execution
 
         You may override this method in a subclass. The standard run() method
         invokes the callable object passed to the object's constructor as the

From 21c2d79edd49d10b0aa36cfd979004a1d16d69e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: radiant159 <156152320+radiantsb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 16:40:00 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update threading.rst

---
 Doc/library/threading.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 5d9a7b6314b166..52f50def2986d8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ since it is impossible to detect the termination of alien threads.
 
    .. method:: run()
 
-      Method representing the thread's activity.
+      Method representing the thread's activity. Use Thread.start() to start a thread's execution
 
       You may override this method in a subclass.  The standard :meth:`run`
       method invokes the callable object passed to the object's constructor as