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bpo-30177: Fix misleading description of path.resolve() #1649

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/pathlib.rst
Expand Up @@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
PosixPath('/home/antoine/pathlib/setup.py')

If the path doesn't exist and *strict* is ``True``, :exc:`FileNotFoundError`
is raised. If *strict* is ``False``, the path is resolved as far as possible
and any remainder is appended without checking whether it exists. If an
is raised. If *strict* is ``False``, the path is resolved as far as possible.
The first segment of the remainder is appended and the rest is ignored. If an
infinite loop is encountered along the resolution path, :exc:`RuntimeError`
is raised.

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