#961805: fix Edit.text_modified().

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index 00af7370b4..32bdabaa5a 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -2908,8 +2908,7 @@ class Text(Widget):
         and edit_undo
 
         """
-        return self._getints(
-            self.tk.call((self._w, 'edit') + args)) or ()
+        return self.tk.call(self._w, 'edit', *args)
 
     def edit_modified(self, arg=None):
         """Get or Set the modified flag
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 954f2b6e9c..1d551901be 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #961805: Fix Text.edit_modified() in Tkinter.
+
 - Issue 1793: Function ctypes.util.find_msvcrt() added that returns
   the name of the C runtime library that Python uses.
   ctypes.util.find_library(name) now call this function when name is