diff -r 6d278f426417 Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
--- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst	Fri Jul 05 18:05:29 2013 -1000
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst	Sat Jul 06 18:03:27 2013 +0200
@@ -165,11 +165,18 @@
 named :file:`spam.py` in a list of directories given by the variable
 :data:`sys.path`.  :data:`sys.path` is initialized from these locations:
 
-* the directory containing the input script (or the current directory).
+* the directory containing the input script.
 * :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` (a list of directory names, with the same syntax as the
   shell variable :envvar:`PATH`).
 * the installation-dependent default.
 
+.. note::
+
+   On filesystems supporting symlinks, the actual script file directory is
+   searched although the script may be invoked via a symlink to it. The
+   directory containing the symlink (if different than the actual script
+   file directory) is *not* added to :data:`sys.path`.
+
 After initialization, Python programs can modify :data:`sys.path`.  The
 directory containing the script being run is placed at the beginning of the
 search path, ahead of the standard library path. This means that scripts in that