From: andrei kulakov <andrei.avk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:28:09 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: bpo-41737: expand doc for NotADirectoryError (GH-27471)
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bpo-41737: expand doc for NotADirectoryError (GH-27471)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 0a5037a4b210..669979f7c5d5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -690,8 +690,10 @@ depending on the system error code.
 
 .. exception:: NotADirectoryError
 
-   Raised when a directory operation (such as :func:`os.listdir`) is requested
-   on something which is not a directory.
+   Raised when a directory operation (such as :func:`os.listdir`) is requested on
+   something which is not a directory.  On most POSIX platforms, it may also be
+   raised if an operation attempts to open or traverse a non-directory file as if
+   it were a directory.
    Corresponds to :c:data:`errno` ``ENOTDIR``.
 
 .. exception:: PermissionError