gh-113437: Update documentation about PyUnicode_AsWideChar() function (GH-113455)

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index 5541eaa521803bc4ef3edada4b1169b9be23d889..666ffe89605c56fa9a0356f88c76539a7fbff3f7 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -854,7 +854,12 @@ wchar_t Support
    Copy the Unicode object contents into the :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer *wstr*.  At most
    *size* :c:type:`wchar_t` characters are copied (excluding a possibly trailing
    null termination character).  Return the number of :c:type:`wchar_t` characters
-   copied or ``-1`` in case of an error.  Note that the resulting :c:expr:`wchar_t*`
+   copied or ``-1`` in case of an error.
+
+   When *wstr* is ``NULL``, instead return the *size* that would be required
+   to store all of *unicode* including a terminating null.
+
+   Note that the resulting :c:expr:`wchar_t*`
    string may or may not be null-terminated.  It is the responsibility of the caller
    to make sure that the :c:expr:`wchar_t*` string is null-terminated in case this is
    required by the application. Also, note that the :c:expr:`wchar_t*` string