diff -r 979aaa08c067 Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst	Wed Jun 18 23:09:11 2014 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst	Thu Jun 19 15:06:21 2014 +0100
@@ -2496,7 +2496,8 @@
    the :envvar:`PATH` variable. The other variants, :func:`execl`, :func:`execle`,
    :func:`execv`, and :func:`execve`, will not use the :envvar:`PATH` variable to
    locate the executable; *path* must contain an appropriate absolute or relative
-   path.
+   path. This means that the unix model is followed and not that of the
+   Windows msvcrt.
 
    For :func:`execle`, :func:`execlpe`, :func:`execve`, and :func:`execvpe` (note
    that these all end in "e"), the *env* parameter must be a mapping which is