diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.resources.abc.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.resources.abc.rst
index 45979c5691270a..c488f811567753 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.resources.abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.resources.abc.rst
@@ -172,14 +172,16 @@
 .. class:: TraversableResources
 
     An abstract base class for resource readers capable of serving
-    the :meth:`importlib.resources.files` interface. Subclasses
-    :class:`ResourceReader` and provides
-    concrete implementations of the :class:`!ResourceReader`'s
-    abstract methods. Therefore, any loader supplying
-    :class:`!TraversableResources` also supplies :class:`!ResourceReader`.
+    the :meth:`importlib.resources.files` interface. This class inherits from
+    :class:`ResourceReader` and provides concrete implementations
+    of the :class:`!ResourceReader`'s abstract methods given the
+    provided ``files`` implementation. Therefore, any loader supplying
+    :class:`!TraversableResources` also supplies
+    :class:`!ResourceReader`.
 
     Loaders that wish to support resource reading are expected to
-    implement this interface.
+    implement this interface, instead of implementing
+    :class:`!ResourceReader` directly.
 
     .. method:: files()
        :abstractmethod:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-10-22-22-12-18.bpo-45516.dcghqS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-10-22-22-12-18.bpo-45516.dcghqS.rst
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index 00000000000000..c85c505241e0c2
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-10-22-22-12-18.bpo-45516.dcghqS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve :class:`importlib.abc.TraversableResources`'s documentation.