diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst b/Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst
--- a/Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-:mod:`xml.dom.minidom` --- Lightweight DOM implementation
-=========================================================
+:mod:`xml.dom.minidom` --- Minimal DOM implementation
+=====================================================
 
 .. module:: xml.dom.minidom
-   :synopsis: Lightweight Document Object Model (DOM) implementation.
+   :synopsis: Mininal Document Object Model (DOM) implementation.
 .. moduleauthor:: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
 .. sectionauthor:: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
 .. sectionauthor:: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
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-:mod:`xml.dom.minidom` is a light-weight implementation of the Document Object
+:mod:`xml.dom.minidom` is a minimal implementation of the Document Object
 Model interface.  It is intended to be simpler than the full DOM and also
 significantly smaller.
 
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-"""\
-minidom.py -- a lightweight DOM implementation.
+"""Simple implementation of the Level 1 DOM.
+
+Namespaces and other minor Level 2 features are also supported.
 
 parse("foo.xml")