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diff --git a/Modules/_io/iobase.c b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
index 6ae43a8..8424fab 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
@@ -82,15 +82,22 @@ iobase_unsupported(const char *message)
/* Positioning */
PyDoc_STRVAR(iobase_seek_doc,
- "Change stream position.\n"
+ "seek($self, offset, whence=os.SEEK_SET, /)\n"
+ "--\n"
"\n"
- "Change the stream position to the given byte offset. The offset is\n"
- "interpreted relative to the position indicated by whence. Values\n"
- "for whence are:\n"
+ "Change the stream position to the given byte offset.\n"
"\n"
- "* 0 -- start of stream (the default); offset should be zero or positive\n"
- "* 1 -- current stream position; offset may be negative\n"
- "* 2 -- end of stream; offset is usually negative\n"
+ " offset\n"
+ " The stream position, relative to \'whence\'.\n"
+ " whence\n"
+ " The relative position to seek from.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "The offset is interpreted relative to the position indicated by whence.\n"
+ "Values for whence are:\n"
+ "\n"
+ "* os.SEEK_SET or 0 -- start of stream (the default); offset should be zero or positive\n"
+ "* os.SEEK_CUR or 1 -- current stream position; offset may be negative\n"
+ "* os.SEEK_END or 2 -- end of stream; offset is usually negative\n"
"\n"
"Return the new absolute position.");