#2845: fix copy2's docs.
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index f28fbac..bd66aa9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@
.. function:: copy2(src, dst)
- Similar to :func:`copy`, but last access time and last modification time are
- copied as well. This is similar to the Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
+ Similar to :func:`copy`, but metadata is copied as well -- in fact, this is just
+ :func:`copy` followed by :func:`copystat`. This is similar to the
+ Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
.. function:: copytree(src, dst[, symlinks])