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@@ -1353,10 +1353,11 @@ Implementing Descriptors
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following methods only apply when an instance of the class containing the
-method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in the class dictionary of
-another class, known as the *owner* class. In the examples below, "the
-attribute" refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the
-owner class' :attr:`__dict__`.
+method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in an *owner* class (the
+descriptor must be in either the owner's class dictionary or in the class
+dictionary for one of its parents). In the examples below, "the attribute"
+refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the owner
+class' :attr:`__dict__`.
.. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner)