diff -r 9e3f5b5bcf7e Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c	Wed Jan 08 18:16:02 2014 -0500
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c	Wed Jan 08 20:11:47 2014 -0800
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@
    it as a hook to do strange things.
  */
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(partial_reduce__doc__, "Return state information for pickling");
+
 static PyObject *
 partial_reduce(partialobject *pto, PyObject *unused)
 {
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@
                          pto->dict ? pto->dict : Py_None);
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(partial_setstate__doc__, "Restore state information when unpickling");
+
 static PyObject *
 partial_setstate(partialobject *pto, PyObject *state)
 {
@@ -244,8 +248,8 @@
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef partial_methods[] = {
-    {"__reduce__", (PyCFunction)partial_reduce, METH_NOARGS},
-    {"__setstate__", (PyCFunction)partial_setstate, METH_O},
+    {"__reduce__", (PyCFunction)partial_reduce, METH_NOARGS, partial_reduce__doc__},
+    {"__setstate__", (PyCFunction)partial_setstate, METH_O, partial_setstate__doc__},
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };