diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
index d4bfbda..6239c2a 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
@@ -159,13 +159,14 @@
 
 .. index:: triple: module; search; path
 
-When a module named :mod:`spam` is imported, the interpreter searches for a file
-named :file:`spam.py` in the current directory, and then in the list of
-directories specified by the environment variable :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`.  This
-has the same syntax as the shell variable :envvar:`PATH`, that is, a list of
-directory names.  When :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` is not set, or when the file is not
-found there, the search continues in an installation-dependent default path; on
-Unix, this is usually :file:`.:/usr/local/lib/python`.
+When a module named :mod:`spam` is imported, the interpreter searches for a
+file named :file:`spam.py` in the directory containing the input script (or
+thecurrent directory), and then in the list of directories specified by the
+environment variable :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`.  This has the same syntax as the
+shell variable :envvar:`PATH`, that is, a list of directory names.  When
+:envvar:`PYTHONPATH` is not set, or when the file is not found there, the
+search continues in an installation-dependent default path; on Unix, this is
+usually :file:`.:/usr/local/lib/python`.
 
 Actually, modules are searched in the list of directories given by the variable
 ``sys.path`` which is initialized from the directory containing the input script