#15575: Clarify tutorial description of when modules are executed.

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
index 78fe511c864ea6c77decfa0ea2f7d1b63674b13e..e2ce0ef394a816111941109ce51464104ef2b810 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ More on Modules
 
 A module can contain executable statements as well as function definitions.
 These statements are intended to initialize the module. They are executed only
-the *first* time the module is imported somewhere. [#]_
+the *first* time the module name is encountered in an import statement. [#]_
+(They are also run if the file is executed as a script.)
 
 Each module has its own private symbol table, which is used as the global symbol
 table by all functions defined in the module. Thus, the author of a module can