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@@ -369,12 +369,11 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
.. versionadded:: 3.3
-.. function:: sigtimedwait(sigset, (timeout_sec, timeout_nsec))
+.. function:: sigtimedwait(sigset, timeout)
- Like :func:`sigtimedwait`, but takes a tuple of ``(seconds, nanoseconds)``
- as an additional argument specifying a timeout. If both *timeout_sec* and
- *timeout_nsec* are specified as :const:`0`, a poll is performed. Returns
- :const:`None` if a timeout occurs.
+ Like :func:`sigwaitinfo`, but takes an additional *timeout* argument
+ specifying a timeout. If *timeout* is specified as :const:`0`, a poll is
+ performed. Returns :const:`None` if a timeout occurs.
Availability: Unix (see the man page :manpage:`sigtimedwait(2)` for further
information).