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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index d4bfbda..6239c2a 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -159,13 +159,14 @@ The Module Search Path .. index:: triple: module; search; path -When a module named :mod:`spam` is imported, the interpreter searches for a file -named :file:`spam.py` in the current directory, and then in the list of -directories specified by the environment variable :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`. This -has the same syntax as the shell variable :envvar:`PATH`, that is, a list of -directory names. When :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` is not set, or when the file is not -found there, the search continues in an installation-dependent default path; on -Unix, this is usually :file:`.:/usr/local/lib/python`. +When a module named :mod:`spam` is imported, the interpreter searches for a +file named :file:`spam.py` in the directory containing the input script (or +thecurrent directory), and then in the list of directories specified by the +environment variable :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`. This has the same syntax as the +shell variable :envvar:`PATH`, that is, a list of directory names. When +:envvar:`PYTHONPATH` is not set, or when the file is not found there, the +search continues in an installation-dependent default path; on Unix, this is +usually :file:`.:/usr/local/lib/python`. Actually, modules are searched in the list of directories given by the variable ``sys.path`` which is initialized from the directory containing the input script |