From 187e853690908ca2af19a0701ca7529b43d05df9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 06:43:01 -0700
Subject: gh-83940: os docs: Improve wording for getenv/getenvb (#98113)

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 Doc/library/os.rst | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 8727f81..43066fa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ process and user.
 
 .. function:: getenv(key, default=None)
 
-   Return the value of the environment variable *key* if it exists, or
-   *default* if it doesn't. *key*, *default* and the result are str. Note that
+   Return the value of the environment variable *key* as a string if it exists, or
+   *default* if it doesn't. *key* is a string. Note that
    since :func:`getenv` uses :data:`os.environ`, the mapping of :func:`getenv` is
    similarly also captured on import, and the function may not reflect
    future environment changes.
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ process and user.
 
 .. function:: getenvb(key, default=None)
 
-   Return the value of the environment variable *key* if it exists, or
-   *default* if it doesn't. *key*, *default* and the result are bytes. Note that
+   Return the value of the environment variable *key* as bytes if it exists, or
+   *default* if it doesn't. *key* must be bytes. Note that
    since :func:`getenvb` uses :data:`os.environb`, the mapping of :func:`getenvb` is
    similarly also captured on import, and the function may not reflect
    future environment changes.
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