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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions pandas/io/parsers.py
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``skip_blank_lines=True``, so ``header=0`` denotes the first line of
data rather than the first line of the file.
names : array-like, optional
List of column names to use. If file contains no header row, then you
should explicitly pass ``header=None``. Duplicates in this list are not
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‘If the file contains a header row, then you should explicitly pass ‘’header=0’’ to override the column names.’ - I think that would make more sense?

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Thank you. I've rechecked who the system is working (I've added the comment with the details) and I have updated the text as you have suggested.

allowed.
List of column names to use. If the file contains a header row,
then you should explicitly pass ``header=0`` to override the column names.
Duplicates in this list are not allowed.
index_col : int, str, sequence of int / str, or False, default ``None``
Column(s) to use as the row labels of the ``DataFrame``, either given as
string name or column index. If a sequence of int / str is given, a
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