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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2021 20:17:59 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: bpo-45392: Update the docstring of the 'type' built-in (GH-29439) (GH-29453)
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bpo-45392: Update the docstring of the 'type' built-in (GH-29439) (GH-29453)

(cherry picked from commit 91275207296c39e495fe118019a757c4ddefede8)

Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <mdickinson@enthought.com>
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09c16578ff47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update the docstring of the :class:`type` built-in to remove a redundant
+line and to mention keyword arguments for the constructor.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index feae25f2eb36..1cdf80bfcf5a 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3673,10 +3673,8 @@ static PyMethodDef type_methods[] = {
 };
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(type_doc,
-/* this text signature cannot be accurate yet.  will fix.  --larry */
-"type(object_or_name, bases, dict)\n"
 "type(object) -> the object's type\n"
-"type(name, bases, dict) -> a new type");
+"type(name, bases, dict, **kwds) -> a new type");
 
 static int
 type_traverse(PyTypeObject *type, visitproc visit, void *arg)