diff --git a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
--- a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
    and all its contents are removed from the filesystem.
 
    The directory name can be retrieved from the :attr:`name` attribute
-   of the returned object.
+   of the returned object, and is assigned to the target of the
+   as clause on entry to a context.
 
    The directory can be explicitly cleaned up by calling the
    :func:`cleanup` method.