bpo-15542: Documentation incorrectly suggests __init__ called after direct __new__ call (GH-15478)
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 1dd8e42..d1702cc 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1166,10 +1166,10 @@
with appropriate arguments and then modifying the newly-created instance
as necessary before returning it.
- If :meth:`__new__` returns an instance of *cls*, then the new instance's
- :meth:`__init__` method will be invoked like ``__init__(self[, ...])``, where
- *self* is the new instance and the remaining arguments are the same as were
- passed to :meth:`__new__`.
+ If :meth:`__new__` is invoked during object construction and it returns an
+ instance or subclass of *cls*, then the new instance’s :meth:`__init__` method
+ will be invoked like ``__init__(self[, ...])``, where *self* is the new instance
+ and the remaining arguments are the same as were passed to the object constructor.
If :meth:`__new__` does not return an instance of *cls*, then the new instance's
:meth:`__init__` method will not be invoked.