diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index 7b56ad7c25d58b..b36b9d73e3537d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -765,11 +765,11 @@ the following methods:
             window.chgat(y, x, num, attr)
 
    Set the attributes of *num* characters at the current cursor position, or at
-   position ``(y, x)`` if supplied. If no value of *num* is given or *num* = -1,
-   the attribute will  be set on all the characters to the end of the line.  This
-   function does not move the cursor. The changed line will be touched using the
-   :meth:`touchline` method so that the contents will be redisplayed by the next
-   window refresh.
+   position ``(y, x)`` if supplied. If *num* is not given or is ``-1``,
+   the attribute will be set on all the characters to the end of the line.  This
+   function moves cursor to position ``(y, x)`` if supplied. The changed line
+   will be touched using the :meth:`touchline` method so that the contents will
+   be redisplayed by the next window refresh.
 
 
 .. method:: window.clear()