Bug #1002398: The documentation for os.path.sameopenfile now correctly
refers to file descriptors, not file objects.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index b9cdea1..0b2da66 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -193,9 +193,8 @@
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{sameopenfile}{fp1, fp2}
-Return \code{True} if the file objects \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer to the
-same file.  The two file objects may represent different file
-descriptors.
+Return \code{True} if the file descriptors \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer
+to the same file.
 Availability:  Macintosh, \UNIX.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 76b76de..ca5f5c8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1002398: The documentation for os.path.sameopenfile now correctly
+  refers to file descriptors, not file objects.
+
 - Rename of the xml package to xmlcore, and the import hackery done to
   make it appear at both names, has been removed.  Bug #1511497,
   #1513611, and probably others.