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diff --git a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
index cd7030f..fe1adca 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ and a path within the archive can be specified to only import from a
subdirectory. For example, the path :file:`example.zip/lib/` would only
import from the :file:`lib/` subdirectory within the archive.
-Any files may be present in the ZIP archive, but only files :file:`.py` and
-:file:`.pyc` are available for import. ZIP import of dynamic modules
+Any files may be present in the ZIP archive, but importers are only invoked for
+:file:`.py` and :file:`.pyc` files. ZIP import of dynamic modules
(:file:`.pyd`, :file:`.so`) is disallowed. Note that if an archive only contains
:file:`.py` files, Python will not attempt to modify the archive by adding the
corresponding :file:`.pyc` file, meaning that if a ZIP archive