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@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ Miscellaneous options
.. cmdoption:: -s
- Don't add user site directory to sys.path
+ Don't add the :data:`user site-packages directory <site.USER_SITE>` to
+ :data:`sys.path`.
.. seealso::
@@ -468,7 +469,8 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
.. envvar:: PYTHONNOUSERSITE
- If this is set, Python won't add the user site directory to sys.path
+ If this is set, Python won't add the :data:`user site-packages directory
+ <site.USER_SITE>` to :data:`sys.path`.
.. seealso::
@@ -477,7 +479,9 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
.. envvar:: PYTHONUSERBASE
- Sets the base directory for the user site directory
+ Defines the :data:`user base directory <site.USER_BASE>`, which is used to
+ compute the path of the :data:`user site-packages directory <site.USER_SITE>`
+ and Distutils installation paths for ``python setup.py install --user``.
.. seealso::