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Clarify to_excel() documentation regarding overwrite behavior #63252

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Expand Up @@ -2204,8 +2204,8 @@ def to_excel(

Multiple sheets may be written to by specifying unique `sheet_name`.
With all data written to the file it is necessary to save the changes.
Note that creating an `ExcelWriter` object with a file name that already
exists will result in the contents of the existing file being erased.
Note that creating an `ExcelWriter` object with a file name that already exists
will overwrite the existing file because the default mode is write.

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