diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 283e324a7f1b05..528236cfa7eaa6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -994,9 +994,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist).
    If *exist_ok* is false (the default), :exc:`FileExistsError` is
    raised if the target directory already exists.
 
-   If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` exceptions will be
-   ignored (same behavior as the POSIX ``mkdir -p`` command), but only if the
-   last path component is not an existing non-directory file.
+   If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` will not be raised unless the given
+   path already exists in the file system and is not a directory (same
+   behavior as the POSIX ``mkdir -p`` command).
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       The *exist_ok* parameter was added.