Issue #17176: Document that imp.NullImporter is no longer
automatically used by import.
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index aad32d2..7745559 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -770,12 +770,15 @@
A dictionary acting as a cache for :term:`finder` objects. The keys are
paths that have been passed to :data:`sys.path_hooks` and the values are
the finders that are found. If a path is a valid file system path but no
- explicit finder is found on :data:`sys.path_hooks` then ``None`` is
- stored to represent the implicit default finder should be used. If the path
- is not an existing path then :class:`imp.NullImporter` is set.
+ finder is found on :data:`sys.path_hooks` then ``None`` is
+ stored.
Originally specified in :pep:`302`.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+ ``None`` is stored instead of :class:`imp.NullImporter` when no finder
+ is found.
+
.. data:: platform