diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -730,47 +730,47 @@ 3.x, but need to be aware that their use
 
 
 Locale Encoding
 """""""""""""""
 
 The current locale encoding can be used to decode text from the operating
 system.
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, int surrogateescape)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, const char *errors)
 
    Decode a string from the current locale encoding. The decoder is strict if
-   *surrogateescape* is equal to zero, otherwise it uses the
+   *errors* is equal to ``strict``, otherwise it uses the
    ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler (:pep:`383`) to escape undecodable
    bytes. If a byte sequence can be decoded as a surrogate character and
-   *surrogateescape* is not equal to zero, the byte sequence is escaped using
+   *errors* is not equal to ``strict``, the byte sequence is escaped using
    the ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler instead of being decoded.  *str*
    must end with a null character but cannot contain embedded null characters.
 
    .. seealso::
 
       Use :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize` to decode a string from
       :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` (the locale encoding read at
       Python startup).
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(const char *str, int surrogateescape)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(const char *str, const char *errors)
 
    Similar to :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize`, but compute the string
    length using :c:func:`strlen`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, int surrogateescape)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
 
    Encode a Unicode object to the current locale encoding. The encoder is
-   strict if *surrogateescape* is equal to zero, otherwise it uses the
+   strict if *errors* is equal to ``strict``, otherwise it uses the
    ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler (:pep:`383`). Return a :class:`bytes`
    object. *str* cannot contain embedded null characters.
 
    .. seealso::
 
       Use :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault` to encode a string to
       :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` (the locale encoding read at
       Python startup).