#14823: Simplify threading.Lock.acquire argument discussion.
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 30f7ece..43087ef 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -403,15 +403,12 @@
Acquire a lock, blocking or non-blocking.
- When invoked without arguments, block until the lock is unlocked, then set it to
- locked, and return true.
+ When invoked with the *blocking* argument set to ``True`` (the default),
+ block until the lock is unlocked, then set it to locked and return ``True``.
- When invoked with the *blocking* argument set to true, do the same thing as when
- called without arguments, and return true.
-
- When invoked with the *blocking* argument set to false, do not block. If a call
- without an argument would block, return false immediately; otherwise, do the
- same thing as when called without arguments, and return true.
+ When invoked with the *blocking* argument set to ``False``, do not block.
+ If a call with *blocking* set to ``True`` would block, return ``False``
+ immediately; otherwise, set the lock to locked and return ``True``.
When invoked with the floating-point *timeout* argument set to a positive
value, block for at most the number of seconds specified by *timeout*