From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:02:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #4682: 'b' is actually unsigned char.
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#4682: 'b' is actually unsigned char.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
index 5dc28af062..c3da8591cd 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
    them. Instead, the implementation assumes that the string object uses the
    encoding passed in as parameter.
 
-``b`` (integer) [char]
-   Convert a Python integer to a tiny int, stored in a C :ctype:`char`.
+``b`` (integer) [unsigned char]
+   Convert a nonnegative Python integer to an unsigned tiny int, stored in a C
+   :ctype:`unsigned char`.
 
 ``B`` (integer) [unsigned char]
    Convert a Python integer to a tiny int without overflow checking, stored in a C