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-rw-r--r--src/libstd/process.rs18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/process.rs b/src/libstd/process.rs
index f448cffd372..533f6590f83 100644
--- a/src/libstd/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/process.rs
@@ -552,6 +552,12 @@ impl Command {
 
     /// Configuration for the child process's standard input (stdin) handle.
     ///
+    /// Defaults to [`inherit`] when used with `spawn` or `status`, and
+    /// defaults to [`piped`] when used with `output`.
+    ///
+    /// [`inherit`]: struct.Stdio.html#method.inherit
+    /// [`piped`]: struct.Stdio.html#method.piped
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Basic usage:
@@ -572,6 +578,12 @@ impl Command {
 
     /// Configuration for the child process's standard output (stdout) handle.
     ///
+    /// Defaults to [`inherit`] when used with `spawn` or `status`, and
+    /// defaults to [`piped`] when used with `output`.
+    ///
+    /// [`inherit`]: struct.Stdio.html#method.inherit
+    /// [`piped`]: struct.Stdio.html#method.piped
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Basic usage:
@@ -592,6 +604,12 @@ impl Command {
 
     /// Configuration for the child process's standard error (stderr) handle.
     ///
+    /// Defaults to [`inherit`] when used with `spawn` or `status`, and
+    /// defaults to [`piped`] when used with `output`.
+    ///
+    /// [`inherit`]: struct.Stdio.html#method.inherit
+    /// [`piped`]: struct.Stdio.html#method.piped
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Basic usage: