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Subject: [3.15] gh-129851: Fix the documentation for -m command (GH-129862) (GH-150614)
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[3.15] gh-129851: Fix the documentation for -m command (GH-129862) (GH-150614)

(cherry picked from commit 9baa7c63bee1ad2b243f16109a3fd206a1f13a6a)

Co-authored-by: Dhruv Singla <68206552+d-s-dc@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index 59e8f4f9f5a3..d84cd42062a6 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ additional methods of invocation:
 * When called with ``-c command``, it executes the Python statement(s) given as
   *command*.  Here *command* may contain multiple statements separated by
   newlines.
-* When called with ``-m module-name``, the given module is located on the
-  Python module path and executed as a script.
+* When called with ``-m module-name``, the given module is located using the standard
+  import mechanism and executed as a script.
 
 In non-interactive mode, the entire input is parsed before it is executed.
 
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ source.
 
 .. option:: -m <module-name>
 
-   Search :data:`sys.path` for the named module and execute its contents as
-   the :mod:`__main__` module.
+   Locate the module using the standard import mechanism and execute its contents
+   as the :mod:`__main__` module.
 
    Since the argument is a *module* name, you must not give a file extension
    (``.py``).  The module name should be a valid absolute Python module name, but