diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 7b3c9ecc2f092d..0377027da56fac 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
       >>> p.read_text()
       'Text file contents'
 
-   The optional parameters have the same meaning as in :func:`open`.
+   The file is opened and then closed. The optional parameters have the same
+   meaning as in :func:`open`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.5