From: Mehrdad Moradizadeh <mhrddmoradii@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 15:06:17 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: gh-96773 Fix documentation of socket backlog (#96778)
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gh-96773 Fix documentation of socket backlog (#96778)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index de2e1aa3868b..cffb19c8b7b5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -803,8 +803,8 @@ The following functions all create :ref:`socket objects <socket-objects>`.
    ``(host, port)``) and returns the socket object.
 
    *family* should be either :data:`AF_INET` or :data:`AF_INET6`.
-   *backlog* is the queue size passed to :meth:`socket.listen`; when ``0``
-   a default reasonable value is chosen.
+   *backlog* is the queue size passed to :meth:`socket.listen`; if not specified
+   , a default reasonable value is chosen.
    *reuse_port* dictates whether to set the :data:`SO_REUSEPORT` socket option.
 
    If *dualstack_ipv6* is true and the platform supports it the socket will