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diff --git a/doc/user_guide/run.rst b/doc/user_guide/run.rst
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@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ configuration file in the following order and uses the first one it finds:
providing it has at least one ``tool.pylint.`` section.
#. ``setup.cfg`` in the current working directory,
providing it has at least one ``pylint.`` section
-#. If the current working directory is in a Python module, Pylint searches \
- up the hierarchy of Python modules until it finds a ``pylintrc`` file. \
+#. If the current working directory is in a Python package, Pylint searches \
+ up the hierarchy of Python packages until it finds a ``pylintrc`` file. \
This allows you to specify coding standards on a module-by-module \
- basis. Of course, a directory is judged to be a Python module if it \
+ basis. Of course, a directory is judged to be a Python package if it \
contains an ``__init__.py`` file.
#. The file named by environment variable ``PYLINTRC``
#. if you have a home directory which isn't ``/root``: