[Python-checkins] bpo-35325: Doc: imp.find_module() return value documentation discrepancy (GH-11040)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/01b47c94ca8ef89c5ac5fda0ab1074e73234a738
commit: 01b47c94ca8ef89c5ac5fda0ab1074e73234a738
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2019-09-12T05:24:56-07:00
summary:

bpo-35325: Doc: imp.find_module() return value documentation discrepancy (GH-11040)

(cherry picked from commit 967b84c913c7b09ae2fc86272cb9373415e2beaf)

Co-authored-by: Windson yang <wiwindson at outlook.com>

files:
M Doc/library/imp.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst
index 04f207f58d38..f5ad8c722964 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imp.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imp.rst
@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the
    contained in the list returned by :func:`get_suffixes` describing the kind of
    module found.
 
-   If the module does not live in a file, the returned *file* is ``None``,
-   *pathname* is the empty string, and the *description* tuple contains empty
-   strings for its suffix and mode; the module type is indicated as given in
-   parentheses above.  If the search is unsuccessful, :exc:`ImportError` is
-   raised.  Other exceptions indicate problems with the arguments or
-   environment.
+   If the module is built-in or frozen then *file* and *pathname* are both ``None``
+   and the *description* tuple contains empty strings for its suffix and mode;
+   the module type is indicated as given in parentheses above.  If the search
+   is unsuccessful, :exc:`ImportError` is raised.  Other exceptions indicate
+   problems with the arguments or environment.
 
    If the module is a package, *file* is ``None``, *pathname* is the package
    path and the last item in the *description* tuple is :const:`PKG_DIRECTORY`.



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