[MRG] DOC Adds link to User Guide for SVC's probability parameter (scikit-learn#14618)

thomasjpfan · jnothman · commit 02be9949268d · 2019-08-12T18:44:57.000+10:00
diff --git a/sklearn/svm/classes.py b/sklearn/svm/classes.py
@@ -487,7 +487,9 @@ class SVC(BaseSVC):
 
     probability : boolean, optional (default=False)
         Whether to enable probability estimates. This must be enabled prior
-        to calling `fit`, and will slow down that method.
+        to calling `fit`, will slow down that method as it internally uses
+        5-fold cross-validation, and `predict_proba` may be inconsistent with
+        `predict`. Read more in the :ref:`User Guide <scores_probabilities>`.
 
     tol : float, optional (default=1e-3)
         Tolerance for stopping criterion.
@@ -686,7 +688,9 @@ class NuSVC(BaseSVC):
 
     probability : boolean, optional (default=False)
         Whether to enable probability estimates. This must be enabled prior
-        to calling `fit`, and will slow down that method.
+        to calling `fit`, will slow down that method as it internally uses
+        5-fold cross-validation, and `predict_proba` may be inconsistent with
+        `predict`. Read more in the :ref:`User Guide <scores_probabilities>`.
 
     tol : float, optional (default=1e-3)
         Tolerance for stopping criterion.
