Refs #27656 -- Updated django.core docstring verbs according to PEP 257.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/files/move.py b/django/core/files/move.py
index 9e6cfe7684..23491d6573 100644
--- a/django/core/files/move.py
+++ b/django/core/files/move.py
@@ -28,15 +28,14 @@ def _samefile(src, dst):
 
 def file_move_safe(old_file_name, new_file_name, chunk_size=1024 * 64, allow_overwrite=False):
     """
-    Moves a file from one location to another in the safest way possible.
+    Move a file from one location to another in the safest way possible.
 
-    First, tries ``os.rename``, which is simple but will break across filesystems.
-    If that fails, streams manually from one file to another in pure Python.
+    First, try ``os.rename``, which is simple but will break across filesystems.
+    If that fails, stream manually from one file to another in pure Python.
 
-    If the destination file exists and ``allow_overwrite`` is ``False``, this
-    function will throw an ``IOError``.
+    If the destination file exists and ``allow_overwrite`` is ``False``, raise
+    ``IOError``.
     """
-
     # There's no reason to move if we don't have to.
     if _samefile(old_file_name, new_file_name):
         return