Simplify and clarify the doc wording.

further doc simplification to alleviate confusion.
python · Jun 13, 2024 · 5fefd9c · 5fefd9c
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ For an example of the usage of queues for interprocess communication see
       Return ``True`` if the queue is empty, ``False`` otherwise.  Because of
       multithreading/multiprocessing semantics, this is not reliable.
 
-      May raise an :exc:`OSError` on closed queues.
+      May raise an :exc:`OSError` on closed queues. (not guaranteed)
 
    .. method:: full()
 
@@ -942,8 +942,7 @@ For an example of the usage of queues for interprocess communication see
 
       Return ``True`` if the queue is empty, ``False`` otherwise.
 
-      Unlike :meth:`Queue.empty`, if the queue is closed and this
-      method is called, this raises an :exc:`OSError`.
+      Always raises an :exc:`OSError` if the SimpleQueue is closed.
 
    .. method:: get()