#13387: rephrase unclear sentence.
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 990bd48..5833868 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -929,8 +929,7 @@
Test that *obj* is (or is not) an instance of *cls* (which can be a
class or a tuple of classes, as supported by :func:`isinstance`).
- To check for a specific type (without including superclasses) use
- :func:`assertIs(type(obj), cls) <assertIs>`.
+ To check for the exact type, use :func:`assertIs(type(obj), cls) <assertIs>`.
.. versionadded:: 3.2