diff -r 8f11493cf727 Doc/library/winreg.rst
--- a/Doc/library/winreg.rst	Sat Jan 18 21:54:15 2014 -0800
+++ b/Doc/library/winreg.rst	Sun Jan 19 15:48:11 2014 +0800
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
 
    *reserved* is a reserved integer, and must be zero. The default is zero.
 
-   *access* is an integer that specifies an access mask that describes the desired
-   security access for the key.  Default is :const:`KEY_ALL_ACCESS`.  See
-   :ref:`Access Rights <access-rights>` for other allowed values.
+   *access* is an integer that specifies an access mask that describes the
+   desired security access for the key.  Default is :const:`KEY_WOW64_64KEY`.
+   See :ref:`Access Rights <access-rights>` for other allowed values.
 
    *This method can not delete keys with subkeys.*