diff --git a/doc/en/monkeypatch.rst b/doc/en/monkeypatch.rst
index 6935d14e9f5..5ad0fe5be31 100644
--- a/doc/en/monkeypatch.rst
+++ b/doc/en/monkeypatch.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ environment variable is missing, or to set multiple values to a known variable.
 :py:meth:`monkeypatch.setenv` and :py:meth:`monkeypatch.delenv` can be used for
 these patches.
 
-4. Use :py:meth:`monkeypatch.syspath_prepend` to modify the system ``$PATH`` and
+4. Use :py:meth:`monkeypatch.syspath_prepend` to modify the system ``$PATH`` safely, and
 :py:meth:`monkeypatch.chdir` to change the context of the current working directory
 during a test.