diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index d682fc7..a416530 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
     """split(s [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
 
     Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
-    delimiter string.  If maxsplit is given, splits into at most
-    maxsplit words.  If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
-    is a separator.
+    delimiter string.  If maxsplit is given, splits at no more than
+    maxsplit places (resulting in at most maxsplit+1 words).  If sep
+    is not specified, any whitespace string is a separator.
 
     (split and splitfields are synonymous)