@@ -1769,10 +1769,11 @@ def genfromtxt(fname, dtype=float, comments='#', delimiter=None,
17691769 names : {None, True, str, sequence}, optional
17701770 If `names` is True, the field names are read from the first line after
17711771 the first `skip_header` lines. This line can optionally be preceded
1772- by a comment delimiter. If `names` is a sequence or a single-string of
1773- comma-separated names, the names will be used to define the field names
1774- in a structured dtype. If `names` is None, the names of the dtype
1775- fields will be used, if any.
1772+ by a comment delimiter. Any content before the comment delimiter is
1773+ discarded. If `names` is a sequence or a single-string of
1774+ comma-separated names, the names will be used to define the field
1775+ names in a structured dtype. If `names` is None, the names of the
1776+ dtype fields will be used, if any.
17761777 excludelist : sequence, optional
17771778 A list of names to exclude. This list is appended to the default list
17781779 ['return','file','print']. Excluded names are appended with an
@@ -1847,8 +1848,8 @@ def genfromtxt(fname, dtype=float, comments='#', delimiter=None,
18471848 -----
18481849 * When spaces are used as delimiters, or when no delimiter has been given
18491850 as input, there should not be any missing data between two fields.
1850- * When variables are named (either by a flexible dtype or with `names`),
1851- there must not be any header in the file (else a ValueError
1851+ * When variables are named (either by a flexible dtype or with a `names`
1852+ sequence), there must not be any header in the file (else a ValueError
18521853 exception is raised).
18531854 * Individual values are not stripped of spaces by default.
18541855 When using a custom converter, make sure the function does remove spaces.
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