diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index bb48849..ad5a535 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
    *creationflags*, if given, can be :data:`CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE` or
    :data:`CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP`. (Windows only)
 
-   Popen objects are supported as context managers via the :keyword:`with` statement,
-   closing any open file descriptors on exit.
+   Popen objects are supported as context managers via the :keyword:`with` statement:
+   on exit, standard file descriptors are closed, and the process is waited for.
    ::
 
       with Popen(["ifconfig"], stdout=PIPE) as proc: