config: clarify that default target_root is /

diff --git a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py b/pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py
index 75fc1de8d64518bbf85d378c26aee003d8820be2..3875b576e56ddc8dc17ed83a0e011cd11fad7113 100644 (file)
--- a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py
+++ b/pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ class config(object):
                @type config_incrementals: List
                @param config_root: path to read local config from (defaults to "/", see PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT)
                @type config_root: String
-               @param target_root: __init__ override of $ROOT env variable.
+               @param target_root: the target root, which typically corresponds to the
+                       value of the $ROOT env variable (default is /)
                @type target_root: String
                @param eprefix: set the EPREFIX variable (default is portage.const.EPREFIX)
                @type eprefix: String