diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index b84bdf0559a..03ac924076a 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -3534,8 +3534,8 @@ class PanedWindow(Widget):
 
         The child argument is the name of the child widget
         followed by pairs of arguments that specify how to
-        manage the windows. Options may have any of the values
-        accepted by the configure subcommand.
+        manage the windows. The possible options and values
+        are the ones accepted by the paneconfigure method.
         """
         self.tk.call((self._w, 'add', child) + self._options(kw))