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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index 2ac51df..ea635b1 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -735,15 +735,18 @@ Locale Encoding
The current locale encoding can be used to decode text from the operating
system.
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, int surrogateescape)
-
- Decode a string from the current locale encoding. The decoder is strict if
- *surrogateescape* is equal to zero, otherwise it uses the
- ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler (:pep:`383`) to escape undecodable
- bytes. If a byte sequence can be decoded as a surrogate character and
- *surrogateescape* is not equal to zero, the byte sequence is escaped using
- the ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler instead of being decoded. *str*
- must end with a null character but cannot contain embedded null characters.
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, \
+ Py_ssize_t len, \
+ const char *errors)
+
+ Decode a string from the current locale encoding. The supported
+ error handlers are ``"strict"`` and ``"surrogateescape"``
+ (:pep:`383`). The decoder uses ``"strict"`` error handler if
+ *errors* is ``NULL``. If a byte sequence can be decoded as a
+ surrogate character and *errors* is not ``"strict"``, then the byte
+ sequence is escaped using the ``"surrogateescape"`` error handler
+ instead of being decoded. *str* must end with a null character but
+ cannot contain embedded null characters.
.. seealso::
@@ -754,7 +757,7 @@ system.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(const char *str, int surrogateescape)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(const char *str, const char *errors)
Similar to :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize`, but compute the string
length using :c:func:`strlen`.
@@ -762,12 +765,13 @@ system.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, int surrogateescape)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
- Encode a Unicode object to the current locale encoding. The encoder is
- strict if *surrogateescape* is equal to zero, otherwise it uses the
- ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler (:pep:`383`). Return a :class:`bytes`
- object. *str* cannot contain embedded null characters.
+ Encode a Unicode object to the current locale encoding. The
+ supported error handlers are ``"strict"`` and ``"surrogateescape"``
+ (:pep:`383`). The encoder uses ``"strict"`` error handler if
+ *errors* is ``NULL``. Return a :class:`bytes` object. *str* cannot
+ contain embedded null characters.
.. seealso::
@@ -813,7 +817,7 @@ used, passing :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder` as the conversion function:
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size)
Decode a string using :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` and the
- ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler, or ``'strict'`` on Windows.
+ ``"surrogateescape"`` error handler, or ``"strict"`` on Windows.
If :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` is not set, fall back to the
locale encoding.
@@ -826,13 +830,13 @@ used, passing :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder` as the conversion function:
:c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
- Use ``'strict'`` error handler on Windows.
+ Use ``"strict"`` error handler on Windows.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(const char *s)
Decode a null-terminated string using :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding`
- and the ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler, or ``'strict'`` on Windows.
+ and the ``"surrogateescape"`` error handler, or ``"strict"`` on Windows.
If :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` is not set, fall back to the
locale encoding.
@@ -840,13 +844,13 @@ used, passing :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder` as the conversion function:
Use :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize` if you know the string length.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
- Use ``'strict'`` error handler on Windows.
+ Use ``"strict"`` error handler on Windows.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault(PyObject *unicode)
Encode a Unicode object to :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` with the
- ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler, or ``'strict'`` on Windows, and return
+ ``"surrogateescape"`` error handler, or ``"strict"`` on Windows, and return
:class:`bytes`. Note that the resulting :class:`bytes` object may contain
null bytes.