diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 16756e1d73e..6c30a74a099 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -2107,8 +2107,8 @@ provided.
    When compared to :class:`SSLSocket`, this object lacks the following
    features:
 
-   - Any form of network IO incluging methods such as ``recv()`` and
-     ``send()``.
+   - Any form of network IO; ``recv()`` and ``send()`` read and write only to
+     the underlying :class:`MemoryBIO` buffers.
 
    - There is no *do_handshake_on_connect* machinery. You must always manually
      call :meth:`~SSLSocket.do_handshake` to start the handshake.