[3.11] gh-68654: Clarify subdirectories used by pkgutil.extend_path (GH-103701)

gh-68654: Clarify subdirectories used by pkgutil.extend_path (GH-103701)

Clarify sub directories used by pkgutil.extend_path in the docs and the docstring
(cherry picked from commit 7bf94568a9a4101c72b8bf555a811028e5b45ced)

Co-authored-by: Randy <69558016+san-juan1667@users.noreply.github.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pkgutil.py b/Lib/pkgutil.py
index bdebfd2..56731de 100644
--- a/Lib/pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/pkgutil.py
@@ -511,10 +511,10 @@ def extend_path(path, name):
         from pkgutil import extend_path
         __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
-    This will add to the package's __path__ all subdirectories of
-    directories on sys.path named after the package.  This is useful
-    if one wants to distribute different parts of a single logical
-    package as multiple directories.
+    For each directory on sys.path that has a subdirectory that
+    matches the package name, add the subdirectory to the package's
+    __path__.  This is useful if one wants to distribute different
+    parts of a single logical package as multiple directories.
 
     It also looks for *.pkg files beginning where * matches the name
     argument.  This feature is similar to *.pth files (see site.py),