diff -r 1b0344e26e82 Doc/reference/import.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst	Thu Aug 21 10:32:15 2014 -0400
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst	Thu Aug 21 10:52:21 2014 -0400
@@ -457,9 +457,10 @@
       executes the module code, to prevent unbounded recursion or multiple
       loading.
 
-    * If loading fails, the loader must remove any modules it has inserted
-      into :data:`sys.modules`, but it must remove **only** the failing
-      module, and only if the loader itself has loaded it explicitly.
+    * If loading fails, the loader must remove **only** the failing module,
+      and only if the failing module was explicity loaded by the loader.
+      Other modules that have been loaded by the loader will remain in
+      :data:`sys.modules`.
 
 Module spec
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