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Clarify what the passing a directory to python does #10540

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Doc/using/cmdline.rst
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Expand Up @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ additional methods of invocation:
produce that with :kbd:`Ctrl-D` on UNIX or :kbd:`Ctrl-Z, Enter` on Windows) is read.
* When called with a file name argument or with a file as standard input, it
reads and executes a script from that file.
* When called with a directory name argument, it reads and executes an
appropriately named script from that directory.
* When called with a directory name argument, it reads and executes the script
named ``__main__.py`` from that directory.
* When called with ``-c command``, it executes the Python statement(s) given as
*command*. Here *command* may contain multiple statements separated by
newlines. Leading whitespace is significant in Python statements!
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