diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 6f37930ea80391..6c43d5fe166e2f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ Miscellaneous
 .. function:: freeze_support()
 
    Add support for when a program which uses :mod:`multiprocessing` has been
-   frozen to produce an executable.  (Has been tested with **py2exe**,
+   frozen to produce a Windows executable.  (Has been tested with **py2exe**,
    **PyInstaller** and **cx_Freeze**.)
 
    One needs to call this function straight after the ``if __name__ ==
@@ -1099,10 +1099,10 @@ Miscellaneous
    If the ``freeze_support()`` line is omitted then trying to run the frozen
    executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`.
 
-   Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when the start method is not
-   *spawn*. In addition, if the module is being run normally by the Python
-   interpreter (the program has not been frozen), then ``freeze_support()``
-   has no effect.
+   Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when invoked on any operating
+   system other than Windows.  In addition, if the module is being run
+   normally by the Python interpreter on Windows (the program has not been
+   frozen), then ``freeze_support()`` has no effect.
 
 .. function:: get_all_start_methods()
 
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py
index 051d567d457928..d0a3ad00e53ad8 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/context.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def freeze_support(self):
         '''Check whether this is a fake forked process in a frozen executable.
         If so then run code specified by commandline and exit.
         '''
-        if self.get_start_method() == 'spawn' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+        if sys.platform == 'win32' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
             from .spawn import freeze_support
             freeze_support()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-24-03-10-36.gh-issue-80334.z21cMa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-24-03-10-36.gh-issue-80334.z21cMa.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 228429516db416..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-24-03-10-36.gh-issue-80334.z21cMa.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:func:`multiprocessing.freeze_support` now checks for work on any "spawn"
-start method platform rather than only on Windows.