diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -1051,7 +1051,8 @@
       *fallback*.
 
 
-   .. method:: items([section], raw=False, vars=None)
+   .. method:: items(raw=False, vars=None)
+               items(section, raw=False, vars=None)
 
       When *section* is not given, return a list of *section_name*,
       *section_proxy* pairs, including DEFAULTSECT.
diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@
    is to be displayed.
 
 
-.. function:: newwin([nlines, ncols,] begin_y, begin_x)
+.. function:: newwin(begin_y, begin_x)
+              newwin(nlines, ncols, begin_y, begin_x)
 
    Return a new window, whose left-upper corner is at  ``(begin_y, begin_x)``, and
    whose height/width is  *nlines*/*ncols*.
@@ -656,7 +657,8 @@
 the following methods and attributes:
 
 
-.. method:: window.addch([y, x,] ch[, attr])
+.. method:: window.addch(ch[, attr])
+            window.addch(y, x, ch[, attr])
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -670,13 +672,15 @@
    position and attributes are the current settings for the window object.
 
 
-.. method:: window.addnstr([y, x,] str, n[, attr])
+.. method:: window.addnstr(str, n[, attr])
+            window.addnstr(y, x, str, n[, attr])
 
    Paint at most *n* characters of the  string *str* at ``(y, x)`` with attributes
    *attr*, overwriting anything previously on the display.
 
 
-.. method:: window.addstr([y, x,] str[, attr])
+.. method:: window.addstr(str[, attr])
+            window.addstr(y, x, str[, attr])
 
    Paint the string *str* at ``(y, x)`` with attributes *attr*, overwriting
    anything previously on the display.
@@ -763,7 +767,10 @@
    *bs* are *horch*.  The default corner characters are always used by this function.
 
 
-.. method:: window.chgat([y, x, ] [num,] attr)
+.. method:: window.chgat(attr)
+            window.chgat(num, attr)
+            window.chgat(y, x, attr)
+            window.chgat(y, x, num, attr)
 
    Set the attributes of *num* characters at the current cursor position, or at
    position ``(y, x)`` if supplied. If no value of *num* is given or *num* = -1,
@@ -812,7 +819,8 @@
    Delete the line under the cursor. All following lines are moved up by one line.
 
 
-.. method:: window.derwin([nlines, ncols,] begin_y, begin_x)
+.. method:: window.derwin(begin_y, begin_x)
+            window.derwin(nlines, ncols, begin_y, begin_x)
 
    An abbreviation for "derive window", :meth:`derwin` is the same as calling
    :meth:`subwin`, except that *begin_y* and *begin_x* are relative to the origin
@@ -906,7 +914,8 @@
    upper-left corner.
 
 
-.. method:: window.hline([y, x,] ch, n)
+.. method:: window.hline(ch, n)
+            window.hline(y, x, ch, n)
 
    Display a horizontal line starting at ``(y, x)`` with length *n* consisting of
    the character *ch*.
@@ -940,7 +949,8 @@
    the character proper, and upper bits are the attributes.
 
 
-.. method:: window.insch([y, x,] ch[, attr])
+.. method:: window.insch(ch[, attr])
+            window.insch(y, x, ch[, attr])
 
    Paint character *ch* at ``(y, x)`` with attributes *attr*, moving the line from
    position *x* right by one character.
@@ -961,7 +971,8 @@
    line.
 
 
-.. method:: window.insnstr([y, x,] str, n [, attr])
+.. method:: window.insnstr(str, n[, attr])
+            window.insnstr(y, x, str, n[, attr])
 
    Insert a character string (as many characters as will fit on the line) before
    the character under the cursor, up to *n* characters.   If *n* is zero or
@@ -970,7 +981,8 @@
    The cursor position does not change (after moving to *y*, *x*, if specified).
 
 
-.. method:: window.insstr([y, x, ] str [, attr])
+.. method:: window.insstr(str[, attr])
+            window.insstr(y, x, str[, attr])
 
    Insert a character string (as many characters as will fit on the line) before
    the character under the cursor.  All characters to the right of the cursor are
@@ -978,7 +990,8 @@
    position does not change (after moving to *y*, *x*, if specified).
 
 
-.. method:: window.instr([y, x] [, n])
+.. method:: window.instr([n])
+            window.instr(y, x[, n])
 
    Return a string of characters, extracted from the window starting at the
    current cursor position, or at *y*, *x* if specified. Attributes are stripped
@@ -1153,13 +1166,15 @@
    Turn on attribute *A_STANDOUT*.
 
 
-.. method:: window.subpad([nlines, ncols,] begin_y, begin_x)
+.. method:: window.subpad(begin_y, begin_x)
+            window.subpad(nlines, ncols, begin_y, begin_x)
 
    Return a sub-window, whose upper-left corner is at ``(begin_y, begin_x)``, and
    whose width/height is *ncols*/*nlines*.
 
 
-.. method:: window.subwin([nlines, ncols,] begin_y, begin_x)
+.. method:: window.subwin(begin_y, begin_x)
+            window.subwin(nlines, ncols, begin_y, begin_x)
 
    Return a sub-window, whose upper-left corner is at ``(begin_y, begin_x)``, and
    whose width/height is *ncols*/*nlines*.
@@ -1216,7 +1231,8 @@
    :meth:`refresh`.
 
 
-.. method:: window.vline([y, x,] ch, n)
+.. method:: window.vline(ch, n)
+            window.vline(y, x, ch, n)
 
    Display a vertical line starting at ``(y, x)`` with length *n* consisting of the
    character *ch*.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -725,11 +725,16 @@
    already arranged into argument tuples, see :func:`itertools.starmap`\.
 
 
-.. function:: max(iterable[, args...], *[, key])
+.. function:: max(iterable[, key])
+              max(arg1, arg2, *args[, key])
 
-   With a single argument *iterable*, return the largest item of a non-empty
-   iterable (such as a string, tuple or list).  With more than one argument, return
-   the largest of the arguments.
+   Return the largest item in an iterable or the largest of two or more
+   arguments.
+
+   If one positional argument is provided, *iterable* must be a non-empty
+   iterable (such as a string, tuple or list).  The largest item in the
+   iterable is returned.  If two or more positional arguments are provided,
+   the largest of the positional arguments is returned.
 
    The optional keyword-only *key* argument specifies a one-argument ordering
    function like that used for :meth:`list.sort`.
@@ -748,11 +753,16 @@
    :ref:`typememoryview` for more information.
 
 
-.. function:: min(iterable[, args...], *[, key])
+.. function:: min(iterable[, key])
+              min(arg1, arg2, *args[, key])
 
-   With a single argument *iterable*, return the smallest item of a non-empty
-   iterable (such as a string, tuple or list).  With more than one argument, return
-   the smallest of the arguments.
+   Return the smallest item in an iterable or the smallest of two or more
+   arguments.
+
+   If one positional argument is provided, *iterable* must be a non-empty
+   iterable (such as a string, tuple or list).  The smallest item in the
+   iterable is returned.  If two or more positional arguments are provided,
+   the smallest of the positional arguments is returned.
 
    The optional keyword-only *key* argument specifies a one-argument ordering
    function like that used for :meth:`list.sort`.
@@ -970,16 +980,16 @@
    must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative.
 
 
-.. function:: print([object, ...], *, sep=' ', end='\\n', file=sys.stdout, flush=False)
+.. function:: print(*objects, sep=' ', end='\\n', file=sys.stdout, flush=False)
 
-   Print *object*\(s) to the stream *file*, separated by *sep* and followed by
+   Print *objects* to the stream *file*, separated by *sep* and followed by
    *end*.  *sep*, *end* and *file*, if present, must be given as keyword
    arguments.
 
    All non-keyword arguments are converted to strings like :func:`str` does and
    written to the stream, separated by *sep* and followed by *end*.  Both *sep*
    and *end* must be strings; they can also be ``None``, which means to use the
-   default values.  If no *object* is given, :func:`print` will just write
+   default values.  If no *objects* are given, :func:`print` will just write
    *end*.
 
    The *file* argument must be an object with a ``write(string)`` method; if it
@@ -1061,7 +1071,8 @@
 
 
 .. _func-range:
-.. function:: range([start,] stop[, step])
+.. function:: range(stop[, step])
+              range(start, stop[, step])
    :noindex:
 
    Rather than being a function, :class:`range` is actually an immutable
@@ -1126,7 +1137,8 @@
    ``x.foobar = 123``.
 
 
-.. function:: slice([start,] stop[, step])
+.. function:: slice(stop[, step])
+              slice(start, stop[, step])
 
    .. index:: single: Numerical Python
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
       Returns :class:`BoundArguments`, or raises a :exc:`TypeError` if the
       passed arguments do not match the signature.
 
-   .. method:: Signature.replace([parameters], *, [return_annotation])
+   .. method:: Signature.replace(*[, parameters][, return_annotation])
 
       Create a new Signature instance based on the instance replace was invoked
       on.  It is possible to pass different ``parameters`` and/or
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
          ...         print('Parameter:', param)
          Parameter: c
 
-   .. method:: Parameter.replace(*, [name], [kind], [default], [annotation])
+   .. method:: Parameter.replace(*[, name][, kind][, default][, annotation])
 
       Create a new Parameter instance based on the instance replaced was invoked
       on.  To override a :class:`Parameter` attribute, pass the corresponding
diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@
                   self.currkey = self.keyfunc(self.currvalue)
 
 
-.. function:: islice(iterable, [start,] stop [, step])
+.. function:: islice(iterable, stop)
+              islice(iterable, start, stop [, step])
 
    Make an iterator that returns selected elements from the iterable. If *start* is
    non-zero, then elements from the iterable are skipped until start is reached.
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 :class:`Process` and exceptions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. class:: Process([group[, target[, name[, args[, kwargs]]]]], *, daemon=None)
+.. class:: Process([group, [target, [name, [args, [kwargs, ]]]]]*, daemon=None)
 
    Process objects represent activity that is run in a separate process. The
    :class:`Process` class has equivalents of all the methods of
diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
 The canonical way to create an :class:`Option` instance is with the
 :meth:`add_option` method of :class:`OptionParser`.
 
-.. method:: OptionParser.add_option(opt_str[, ...], attr=value, ...)
+.. method:: OptionParser.add_option(*opt_str, attr=value, ...)
 
    To define an option with only a short option string::
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
--- a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
    ``ossaudiodev.error``.)
 
 
-.. function:: open([device, ]mode)
+.. function:: open(mode)
+              open(device, mode)
 
    Open an audio device and return an OSS audio device object.  This object
    supports many file-like methods, such as :meth:`read`, :meth:`write`, and
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 
 Bookkeeping functions:
 
-.. function:: seed([x], version=2)
+.. function:: seed(version=2)
+              seed(x, version=2)
 
    Initialize the random number generator.
 
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@
 
 Functions for integers:
 
-.. function:: randrange([start,] stop[, step])
+.. function:: randrange(stop[, step])
+              randrange(start, stop[, step])
 
    Return a randomly selected element from ``range(start, stop, step)``.  This is
    equivalent to ``choice(range(start, stop, step))``, but doesn't actually build a
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -1005,7 +1005,8 @@
    much data, if any, was successfully sent.
 
 
-.. method:: socket.sendto(bytes[, flags], address)
+.. method:: socket.sendto(bytes, address)
+            socket.sendto(bytes, flags, address)
 
    Send data to the socket.  The socket should not be connected to a remote socket,
    since the destination socket is specified by *address*.  The optional *flags*
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@
 commonly used for looping a specific number of times in :keyword:`for`
 loops.
 
-.. class:: range([start, ]stop[, step])
+.. class:: range(stop[, step])
+           range(start, stop[, step])
 
    The arguments to the range constructor must be integers (either built-in
    :class:`int` or any object that implements the ``__index__`` special
diff --git a/Doc/library/syslog.rst b/Doc/library/syslog.rst
--- a/Doc/library/syslog.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/syslog.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 The module defines the following functions:
 
 
-.. function:: syslog([priority,] message)
+.. function:: syslog(message)
+              syslog(priority, message)
 
    Send the string *message* to the system logger.  A trailing newline is added
    if necessary.  Each message is tagged with a priority composed of a
diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.tix.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.tix.rst
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.tix.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.tix.rst
@@ -504,7 +504,8 @@
       print(root.tix_configure())
 
 
-.. method:: tixCommand.tix_configure([cnf,] **kw)
+.. method:: tixCommand.tix_configure(**kw)
+            tixCommand.tix_configure(cnf, **kw)
 
    Query or modify the configuration options of the Tix application context. If no
    option is specified, returns a dictionary all of the available options.  If