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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions Doc/using/cmdline.rst
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Expand Up @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ additional methods of invocation:
* 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!
* When called with ``-m module-name``, the given module is located on the
Python module path and executed as a script.
* When called with ``-m module-name``, the given module is located using the standard
import mechanism and executed as a script.

In non-interactive mode, the entire input is parsed before it is executed.

Expand All @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ source.

.. option:: -m <module-name>

Search :data:`sys.path` for the named module and execute its contents as
the :mod:`__main__` module.
Locate the module using the standard import mechanism and execute its contents
as the :mod:`__main__` module.

Since the argument is a *module* name, you must not give a file extension
(``.py``). The module name should be a valid absolute Python module name, but
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