#6677: mention "deleting" as an alias for removing files.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 01118de..cab2522 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1067,12 +1067,12 @@ Files and Directories
 
 .. function:: remove(path)
 
-   Remove the file *path*.  If *path* is a directory, :exc:`OSError` is raised; see
-   :func:`rmdir` below to remove a directory.  This is identical to the
-   :func:`unlink` function documented below.  On Windows, attempting to remove a
-   file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the directory
-   entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made available
-   until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix,
+   Remove (delete) the file *path*.  If *path* is a directory, :exc:`OSError` is
+   raised; see :func:`rmdir` below to remove a directory.  This is identical to
+   the :func:`unlink` function documented below.  On Windows, attempting to
+   remove a file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the
+   directory entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made
+   available until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 
@@ -1297,9 +1297,9 @@ Files and Directories
 
 .. function:: unlink(path)
 
-   Remove the file *path*.  This is the same function as :func:`remove`; the
-   :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix name. Availability: Unix,
-   Windows.
+   Remove (delete) the file *path*.  This is the same function as
+   :func:`remove`; the :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix
+   name. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: utime(path, times)