diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py index e6b70944..b380cf01 100644 --- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py +++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py @@ -618,10 +618,11 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs): @property def path(self): """ - The path that a distribution finder should search. + The sequence of directory path that a distribution finder + should search. - Typically refers to Python package paths and defaults - to ``sys.path``. + Typically refers to Python installed package paths such as + "site-packages" directories and defaults to ``sys.path``. """ return vars(self).get('path', sys.path)