From: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:38:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: gh-126719: Clarify math.fmod docs (#127741)
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gh-126719: Clarify math.fmod docs (#127741)

Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/math.rst b/Doc/library/math.rst
index bf79b23a72bb..c78b313db515 100644
--- a/Doc/library/math.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/math.rst
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ Floating point arithmetic
 
 .. function:: fmod(x, y)
 
-   Return ``fmod(x, y)``, as defined by the platform C library. Note that the
+   Return the floating-point remainder of ``x / y``,
+   as defined by the platform C library function ``fmod(x, y)``. Note that the
    Python expression ``x % y`` may not return the same result.  The intent of the C
    standard is that ``fmod(x, y)`` be exactly (mathematically; to infinite
    precision) equal to ``x - n*y`` for some integer *n* such that the result has