diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
index 07a15d27216e92..f1c071ab991f74 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ descriptor.
    On macOS, the fcntl module exposes the ``F_GETPATH`` constant, which obtains
    the path of a file from a file descriptor.
    On Linux(>=3.15), the fcntl module exposes the ``F_OFD_GETLK``, ``F_OFD_SETLK``
-   and ``F_OFD_SETLKW`` constants, which working with open file description locks.
+   and ``F_OFD_SETLKW`` constants, which are used when working with open file
+   description locks.
 
 The module defines the following functions: