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Co-authored-by: Ryan Ly <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - The validation methods have been updated with multiple breaking changes. @stephprince [#1911](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/1911)
    - The behavior of `pynwb.validate(io=...)` now matches the behavior of `pynwb.validate(path=...)`. In previous pynwb versions, `pynwb.validate(io=...)` did not use the cached namespaces during validation. To obtain the same behavior as in previous versions, you can update the function call to `pynwb.validate(io=..., use_cached_namespaces=False)`
    - The validate module has been renamed to `validation.py`. The validate method can be 
-   imported using `import pynwb; pynwb.validate` or `from pynwb.validation import validate`
+   imported using `import pynwb; pynwb.validate` or `from pynwb import validate`
 
 ### Enhancements and minor changes
 - Added support for NWB schema 2.8.0. @rly [#2001](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/2001)

src/pynwb/__init__.py

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def get_sum(self, a, b):
     return __TYPE_MAP.get_dt_container_cls(neurodata_type, namespace)
 
 
-@docval({'name': 'path', 'type': str, 'doc': 'the neurodata_type to get the NWBContainer class for'},
+@docval({'name': 'path', 'type': str, 'doc': 'Path to the NWB file which can be an HDF5 file or a Zarr store.'},
         {"name": "method", "type": str, "doc": "the method to use when opening the file", 'default': None},
         is_method=False)
 def _get_backend(path: str, method: str = None):