Further explanation of the format of the object received by the function read_mime_types

Author: raul-sq

Doc/library/mimetypes.rst

@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ behavior of the module.
 
 .. function:: read_mime_types(file)
 
-   Load the type map given in the file *file*, if it exists.  The type map is
+   Load the type map given in the file named by *file*, if it exists.  *file*
+   must be a string specifying the name of the file to read.  The type map is
    returned as a dictionary mapping file extensions, including the leading dot
-   (``'.'``), to strings of the form ``'type/subtype'``.  If the file *file*
-   does not exist or cannot be read, ``None`` is returned.
+   (``'.'``), to strings of the form ``'type/subtype'``.  If the file does not
+   exist or cannot be read, ``None`` is returned.
 
 
 .. function:: add_type(type, ext, strict=True)