diff -r d9c98730e2e8 Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst	Sat Jul 07 13:34:50 2012 +1000
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst	Sat Jul 07 17:16:50 2012 +0100
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@
      this is equivalent to specifying ``ns=(atime_ns, mtime_ns)``
      where both times are the current time.
      (The effect is similar to running the Unix program
-     :program:`touch` on *path*.)
+     :program:`touch` on a *path* that already exists.)
 
    It is an error to specify tuples for both *times* and *ns*.