diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
index 370c5749f74ea4..0b31dcd11d74a5 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ def write_text(self, data, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None):
             return f.write(data)
 
     def _scandir(self):
-        """Yield os.DirEntry objects of the directory contents.
+        """Yield os.DirEntry-like objects of the directory contents.
 
         The children are yielded in arbitrary order, and the
         special entries '.' and '..' are not included.
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_local.py b/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
index aab117e5c2de98..4e24cfe2c93b42 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ def _filter_trailing_slash(self, paths):
             yield path_str
 
     def _scandir(self):
-        """Yield os.DirEntry objects of the directory contents.
+        """Yield os.DirEntry-like objects of the directory contents.
 
         The children are yielded in arbitrary order, and the
         special entries '.' and '..' are not included.