diff --git a/django/utils/_os.py b/django/utils/_os.py
index f7114af291..56ef0f2014 100644
--- a/django/utils/_os.py
+++ b/django/utils/_os.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from os.path import join, normcase, abspath, sep
 
 def safe_join(base, *paths):
     """
-    Join one or more path components to the base path component intelligently.
-    Return a normalized, absolute version of the final path.
+    Joins one or more path components to the base path component intelligently.
+    Returns a normalized, absolute version of the final path.
 
     The final path must be located inside of the base path component (otherwise
     a ValueError is raised).