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diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 4cc080f..06ebeda 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -4848,13 +4848,20 @@ static PyGetSetDef long_getset[] = {
};
PyDoc_STRVAR(long_doc,
-"int(x[, base]) -> integer\n\
+"int(x=0) -> integer\n\
+int(x, base=10) -> integer\n\
\n\
-Convert a string or number to an integer, if possible. A floating\n\
-point argument will be truncated towards zero (this does not include a\n\
-string representation of a floating point number!) When converting a\n\
-string, use the optional base. It is an error to supply a base when\n\
-converting a non-string.");
+Convert a number or string to an integer, or return 0 if no arguments\n\
+are given. If x is a number, return x.__int__(). For floating point\n\
+numbers, this truncates towards zero.\n\
+\n\
+If x is not a number or if base is given, then x must be a string,\n\
+bytes, or bytearray instance representing an integer literal in the\n\
+given base. The literal can be preceded by '+' or '-' and be surrounded\n\
+by whitespace. The base defaults to 10. Valid bases are 0 and 2-36.\n\
+Base 0 means to interpret the base from the string as an integer literal.\n\
+>>> int('0b100', base=0)\n\
+4");
static PyNumberMethods long_as_number = {
(binaryfunc)long_add, /*nb_add*/