[Python-checkins] gh-77521: Add link to builtin module names in modules tutorial (GH-92438)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b6da20fffa6dc6b9a2700937f4d67a982194fc1e
commit: b6da20fffa6dc6b9a2700937f4d67a982194fc1e
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-05-08T12:45:14-07:00
summary:

gh-77521: Add link to builtin module names in modules tutorial (GH-92438)


Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra at gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 859250cc55711f4d62b65922d3f7537826c3801e)

Co-authored-by: slateny <46876382+slateny at users.noreply.github.com>

files:
M Doc/tutorial/modules.rst

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
index 524d3c32417b9..d6f2464ae0829 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ The Module Search Path
 .. index:: triple: module; search; path
 
 When a module named :mod:`spam` is imported, the interpreter first searches for
-a built-in module with that name. If not found, it then searches for a file
+a built-in module with that name. These module names are listed in
+:data:`sys.builtin_module_names`. If not found, it then searches for a file
 named :file:`spam.py` in a list of directories given by the variable
 :data:`sys.path`.  :data:`sys.path` is initialized from these locations:
 



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