#2239: PYTHONPATH delimiter is os.pathsep.
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index d3120b5..36a8dd1 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@
Augment the default search path for module files. The format is the same as
the shell's :envvar:`PATH`: one or more directory pathnames separated by
- colons. Non-existent directories are silently ignored.
+ :data:`os.pathsep` (e.g. colons on Unix or semicolons on Windows).
+ Non-existent directories are silently ignored.
The default search path is installation dependent, but generally begins with
:file:`{prefix}/lib/python{version}`` (see :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` above). It