Fix the description of PIPE_BUF

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index 4804b1e..f1fd126 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The module defines the following:
       library, and does not handle file descriptors that don't originate from
       WinSock.
 
-.. attribute:: select.PIPE_BUF
+.. attribute:: PIPE_BUF
 
    The minimum number of bytes which can be written without blocking to a pipe
    when the pipe has been reported as ready for writing by :func:`select`,
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index 2bd461e..420173a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -1263,9 +1263,9 @@ select
 ------
 
 The :mod:`select` module now exposes a new, constant attribute,
-:attr:`~select.PIPE_BUF`, which gives the minimum number of files that are
-guaranteed to not block on a write by the :func:`~select.select` or
-:func:`~select.poll` functions.
+:attr:`~select.PIPE_BUF`, which gives the minimum number of bytes which are
+guaranteed not to block when :func:`select.select` says a pipe is ready
+for writing.
 
 >>> import select
 >>> select.PIPE_BUF