Documentation for ssl.load_default_certs is outdated

[LincolnPuzey]

BPO	45457
Nosy	@tiran, @ambv, @miss-islington, @LincolnPuzey
PRs	bpo-45457: Minor fix to documentation for SSLContext.load_default_certs. #28947 [3.10] bpo-45457: Minor fix to documentation for SSLContext.load_default_certs. (GH-28947) #29373 [3.9] bpo-45457: Minor fix to documentation for SSLContext.load_default_certs. (GH-28947) #29374

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assignee = 'https://github.com/tiran'
closed_at = <Date 2021-11-02.21:54:17.730>
created_at = <Date 2021-10-13.07:01:17.420>
labels = ['expert-SSL', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Documentation for ssl.load_default_certs is outdated'
updated_at = <Date 2021-11-02.21:54:17.729>
user = 'https://github.com/LincolnPuzey'

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components = ['Documentation', 'SSL']
creation = <Date 2021-10-13.07:01:17.420>
creator = 'LincolnPuzey'
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issue_num = 45457
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pr_nums = ['28947', '29373', '29374']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45457'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

[LincolnPuzey]

The behavior of ssl.load_default_certs() was changed in https://bugs.python.org/issue22449

The new behavior is that ssl.set_default_verify_paths() is now called on all systems.

The documentation still says that ssl.set_default_verify_paths() is only called on systems OTHER than Windows.