Minor rewordings

Author: giampaolo

Lib/subprocess.py

@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ def _wait_kqueue(self, timeout):
                 else:
                     if not events:
                         raise TimeoutExpired(self.args, timeout)
-                return True
+                    return True
             finally:
                 kq.close()
 
@@ -2178,8 +2178,8 @@ def _wait(self, timeout):
                 # Try efficient wait first.
                 if self._wait_pidfd(timeout) or self._wait_kqueue(timeout):
                     # Process is gone. At this point os.waitpid(pid, 0)
-                    # will return immediately, but in rare races the
-                    # PID may have been reused.
+                    # will return immediately, but in very rare races
+                    # the PID may have been reused.
                     # os.waitpid(pid, WNOHANG) ensures we attempt a
                     # non-blocking reap without blocking indefinitely.
                     with self._waitpid_lock:

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-01-19-16-45-16.gh-issue-83069.0TaeH9.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 event-driven mechanism now waits for process termination, if available. Linux
 ≥= 5.3 uses :func:`os.pidfd_open` + :func:`select.poll`. macOS and other BSD
 variants use :func:`select.kqueue` + ``KQ_FILTER_PROC`` + ``KQ_NOTE_EXIT``.
-Windows keeps using ``WaitForSingleObject`` (unchanged) If none of these
+Windows keeps using ``WaitForSingleObject`` (unchanged). If none of these
 mechanisms are available, the function falls back to the traditional busy loop
 (non-blocking call and short sleeps). Patch by Giampaolo Rodola.