From 76741567b2916021afb959519a45a04e3e6f4a57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dhruv Singla <68206552+d-s-dc@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 21:17:14 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] [3.14] gh-129851: Fix the documentation for -m command (GH-129862) (cherry picked from commit 9baa7c63bee1ad2b243f16109a3fd206a1f13a6a) Co-authored-by: Dhruv Singla <68206552+d-s-dc@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/using/cmdline.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index cb646d6d4021dc6..0c947de005b58ea 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -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. @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ source. .. option:: -m - 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