PEP 621: mention that '{name} <{email}>' may need quoting (#1861)

2021-03-08 20:58:17 +00:00 · 2021-03-08 20:58:17 +00:00 · 9caeab3687
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--- a/pep-0621.rst
+++ b/pep-0621.rst
@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ Using the data to fill in `core metadata`_ is as follows:
   ``Author-email``/``Maintainer-email`` as appropriate.
 3. If both ``email`` and ``name`` are provided, the value goes in
   ``Author-email``/``Maintainer-email`` as appropriate, with the
-   format ``{name} <{email}>``.
+   format ``{name} <{email}>`` (with appropriate quoting, e.g. using
+   ``email.headerregistry.Address``).
 4. Multiple values should be separated by commas.

 ``keywords``