.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock(const char *name)
This version of :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModule` does not block. It's intended
- to be used in C function which import other modules to execute a function.
+ to be used in C functions that import other modules to execute a function.
The import may block if another thread holds the import lock. The function
- :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock` doesn't block. It first tries to fetch
+ :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock` never blocks. It first tries to fetch
the module from sys.modules and falls back to :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModule`
- unless the the lock is hold. In the latter case the function raises an
- ImportError.
+ unless the lock is held, in which case the function will raise an
+ :exc:`ImportError`.
.. versionadded:: 2.6