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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Changed phrasing on the ``tmp_path`` documentation to more clearly
+illustrate it's behavior ("test invocation" to "current test").
diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/tmp_path.rst b/doc/en/how-to/tmp_path.rst
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The ``tmp_path`` fixture
 ------------------------
 
 You can use the ``tmp_path`` fixture which will
-provide a temporary directory unique to the test invocation,
+provide a temporary directory unique to the current test,
 created in the `base temporary directory`_.
 
 ``tmp_path`` is a :class:`pathlib.Path` object. Here is an example test usage: