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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:32:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.13] Document that PyType_GetModule returns a borrowed ref (GH-145612) (GH-145732)
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[3.13] Document that PyType_GetModule returns a borrowed ref (GH-145612) (GH-145732)

(cherry picked from commit 44855458a423569eaea3df53fd5a0c0032da932d via 30bcdcd379445b942e1278244bbce805dc32b5a2)

Co-authored-by: Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/type.rst b/Doc/c-api/type.rst
index 84a5b0fc3c0c..1d94718b2d23 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/type.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/type.rst
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ Type Objects
    Return the module object associated with the given type when the type was
    created using :c:func:`PyType_FromModuleAndSpec`.
 
+   The returned reference is :term:`borrowed <borrowed reference>` from *type*,
+   and will be valid as long as you hold a reference to *type*.
+   Do not release it with :c:func:`Py_DECREF` or similar.
+
    If no module is associated with the given type, sets :py:class:`TypeError`
    and returns ``NULL``.
 
diff --git a/Doc/data/refcounts.dat b/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
index 67f551cf6de4..9e0ce81627f2 100644
--- a/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
+++ b/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
@@ -2398,6 +2398,9 @@ PyType_GetFlags:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
 PyType_GetName:PyObject*::+1:
 PyType_GetName:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
 
+PyType_GetModule:PyObject*::0:
+PyType_GetModule:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
+
 PyType_GetModuleByDef:PyObject*::0:
 PyType_GetModuleByDef:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
 PyType_GetModuleByDef:PyModuleDef*:def::