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diff --git a/Doc/api/utilities.tex b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
index bfcfe27..9cc7a19 100644
--- a/Doc/api/utilities.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ and the entry in [square] brackets is the type of the C variable(s)
whose address should be passed.
\begin{description}
- \item[\samp{s} (string or Unicode object) {[char *]}]
+ \item[\samp{s} (string or Unicode object) {[const char *]}]
Convert a Python string or Unicode object to a C pointer to a
character string. You must not provide storage for the string
itself; a pointer to an existing string is stored into the character
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ whose address should be passed.
raised.
\item[\samp{s\#} (string, Unicode or any read buffer compatible object)
- {[char *, int]}]
+ {[const char *, int]}]
This variant on \samp{s} stores into two C variables, the first one
a pointer to a character string, the second one its length. In this
case the Python string may contain embedded null bytes. Unicode
@@ -405,12 +405,12 @@ whose address should be passed.
compatible objects pass back a reference to the raw internal data
representation.
- \item[\samp{z} (string or \code{None}) {[char *]}]
+ \item[\samp{z} (string or \code{None}) {[const char *]}]
Like \samp{s}, but the Python object may also be \code{None}, in
which case the C pointer is set to \NULL.
\item[\samp{z\#} (string or \code{None} or any read buffer
- compatible object) {[char *, int]}]
+ compatible object) {[const char *, int]}]
This is to \samp{s\#} as \samp{z} is to \samp{s}.
\item[\samp{u} (Unicode object) {[Py_UNICODE *]}]
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ whose address should be passed.
encoded data without embedded NUL bytes.
This format requires two arguments. The first is only used as
- input, and must be a \ctype{char*} which points to the name of an
+ input, and must be a \ctype{const char*} which points to the name of an
encoding as a NUL-terminated string, or \NULL, in which case the
default encoding is used. An exception is raised if the named
encoding is not known to Python. The second argument must be a
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ whose address should be passed.
characters.
It requires three arguments. The first is only used as input, and
- must be a \ctype{char*} which points to the name of an encoding as a
+ must be a \ctype{const char*} which points to the name of an encoding as a
NUL-terminated string, or \NULL, in which case the default encoding
is used. An exception is raised if the named encoding is not known
to Python. The second argument must be a \ctype{char**}; the value