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diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index a9a7b006a7..4249045683 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -3011,7 +3011,8 @@ Return the protocol number for the named protocol. (Rarely used.)");
#ifdef HAVE_SOCKETPAIR
/* Create a pair of sockets using the socketpair() function.
- Arguments as for socket(). */
+ Arguments as for socket() except the default family is AF_UNIX if
+ defined for the platform, otherwise the default is AF_INET. */
/*ARGSUSED*/
static PyObject *
@@ -3058,7 +3059,8 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(socketpair_doc,
\n\
Create a pair of socket objects from the sockets returned by the platform\n\
socketpair() function.\n\
-The arguments are the same as for socket().");
+The arguments are the same as for socket() except the default family is\n\
+AF_UNIX if defined for the platform, otherwise the default is AF_INET.");
#endif /* HAVE_SOCKETPAIR */