diff -r f3c2760132e1 Doc/library/socket.rst
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst	Sun Jan 12 13:35:16 2014 -0800
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst	Mon Jan 13 19:10:30 2014 -0800
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@
    to zero. (The format of *address* depends on the address family --- see above.)
 
 
-.. method:: socket.recvmsg(bufsize[, ancbufsize[, flags]])
+.. method:: socket.recvmsg(bufsize, ancbufsize=0, flags=0)
 
    Receive normal data (up to *bufsize* bytes) and ancillary data from
    the socket.  The *ancbufsize* argument sets the size in bytes of
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
-.. method:: socket.recvmsg_into(buffers[, ancbufsize[, flags]])
+.. method:: socket.recvmsg_into(buffers, ancbufsize=0, flags=0)
 
    Receive normal data and ancillary data from the socket, behaving as
    :meth:`recvmsg` would, but scatter the non-ancillary data into a