Index: Doc/library/socket.rst =================================================================== --- Doc/library/socket.rst (revision 72256) +++ Doc/library/socket.rst (working copy) @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`. - :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`getnameinfo` should be used + :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`inet_pton` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ If the string passed to this function is not exactly 4 bytes in length, :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. :func:`inet_ntoa` does not support IPv6, and - :func:`getnameinfo` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. + :func:`inet_ntop` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support. .. function:: inet_pton(address_family, ip_string)