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@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
.. function:: strsignal(signalnum)
- Return the system description of the signal *signalnum*, such as
- "Interrupt", "Segmentation fault", etc. Returns :const:`None` if the signal
- is not recognized.
+ Returns the description of signal *signalnum*, such as "Interrupt"
+ for :const:`SIGINT`. Returns :const:`None` if *signalnum* has no
+ description. Raises :exc:`ValueError` if *signalnum* is invalid.
.. versionadded:: 3.8