diff -r 8e9d3a5d47d5 Doc/library/importlib.rst --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst Sun Sep 04 11:39:01 2016 -0700 +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst Mon Sep 05 13:51:08 2016 -0700 @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ :exc:`ValueError` is raised). Otherwise a search using :attr:`sys.meta_path` is done. ``None`` is returned if no loader is found. - A dotted name does not have its parent's implicitly imported as that requires + A dotted name does not have its parents implicitly imported as that requires loading them and that may not be desired. To properly import a submodule you will need to import all parent packages of the submodule and use the correct argument to *path*.