[3.12] gh-110383: Clarify "non-integral" wording in pow() docs (GH-119688) (#120207)

(cherry picked from commit 6646a9d)

Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <[email protected]>

Author: miss-islington

Doc/library/functions.rst

@@ -1496,7 +1496,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``.  For a negative base of
    type :class:`int` or :class:`float` and a non-integral exponent, a complex
    result is delivered.  For example, ``pow(-9, 0.5)`` returns a value close
-   to ``3j``.
+   to ``3j``. Whereas, for a negative base of type :class:`int` or :class:`float`
+   with an integral exponent, a float result is delivered. For example,
+   ``pow(-9, 2.0)`` returns ``81.0``.
 
    For :class:`int` operands *base* and *exp*, if *mod* is present, *mod* must
    also be of integer type and *mod* must be nonzero. If *mod* is present and