diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index b4760b6eb8d8c0..51b2f38036286b 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class _PurePathBase:
     This class *does not* provide several magic methods that are defined in
     its subclass PurePath. They are: __fspath__, __bytes__, __reduce__,
     __hash__, __eq__, __lt__, __le__, __gt__, __ge__. Its initializer and path
-    joining accepts only strings, and not os.PathLike objects more broadly.
+    joining methods accept only strings, not os.PathLike objects more broadly.
     """
 
     __slots__ = (