clarified the documentation
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ Getting Started
.. code-block:: pycon
>>> import redis
- >>> r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0) #Add `decode_responses=True` if you are using Python 3
+ >>> r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
>>> r.set('foo', 'bar')
True
>>> r.get('foo')
'bar'
+By default, the value returned if you are using Python3 are in raw byte strings.
+If you want a decoded response you can add `decode_response=True` in `redis.StrictRedis()`.
+
API Reference
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