From 546ee2efb3af9c2ba1f11fc41b4e809c92d06972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Notorandxor_turing <105069473+NotorandXor256@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:51:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Edited os.path.normcase docstring to correct
 Documentation for POSIX systems

---
 Doc/library/os.path.rst | 2 +-
 Lib/posixpath.py        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index f5ddb426c915f5a..b337ea64dacb016 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 
    Normalize the case of a pathname.  On Windows, convert all characters in the
    pathname to lowercase, and also convert forward slashes to backward slashes.
-   On other operating systems, return the path unchanged.
+   On other operating systems (Posix),  return the unchanged path
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 8025b063397a038..b1bf3f258a77f1d 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _get_sep(path):
 # (another function should be defined to do that).
 
 def normcase(s, /):
-    """Normalize case of pathname.  Has no effect under Posix"""
+    """Normalize case of pathname.  Normalizes path-like Objects into Str or Bytes """
     return os.fspath(s)
 
 

From d84fe83bdfaabd576fafe9becfa17e4201dd1634 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Notorandxor_turing <105069473+NotorandXor256@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:11:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fixed normcase doc in os.path.rst

---
 Doc/library/os.path.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index b337ea64dacb016..4825093ccfe6d12 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -415,7 +415,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 
    Normalize the case of a pathname.  On Windows, convert all characters in the
    pathname to lowercase, and also convert forward slashes to backward slashes.
-   On other operating systems (Posix),  return the unchanged path
+   On other operating systems (Posix),  return String or Bytes converted from
+   Path-like Object
+
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:57:40 +0000
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-10-29-18-57-38.gh-issue-160904.nyxAv_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-10-29-18-57-38.gh-issue-160904.nyxAv_.rst
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-10-29-18-57-38.gh-issue-160904.nyxAv_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FiX: In Function os.path.normcase in Lib/posixpath.py docstring states path remains unchanged on POSIX Systems which is not true. Updated Docstring and documentation