diff -r 1f3242fb0c9c Modules/md5module.c
--- a/Modules/md5module.c	Thu Jan 09 19:03:32 2014 -0500
+++ b/Modules/md5module.c	Fri Jan 10 11:20:57 2014 +0800
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(MD5_digest__doc__,
-"Return the digest value as a string of binary data.");
+"Return the digest value as a bytes of binary data.");
 
 static PyObject *
 MD5_digest(MD5object *self, PyObject *unused)
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(MD5_update__doc__,
-"Update this hash object's state with the provided string.");
+"Update this hash object's state with the provided bytes-like object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 MD5_update(MD5object *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@
 /* The single module-level function: new() */
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(MD5_new__doc__,
-"Return a new MD5 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.");
+"Return a new MD5 hash object; optionally initialized with a bytes-like "
+"object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 MD5_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
diff -r 1f3242fb0c9c Modules/sha1module.c
--- a/Modules/sha1module.c	Thu Jan 09 19:03:32 2014 -0500
+++ b/Modules/sha1module.c	Fri Jan 10 11:20:57 2014 +0800
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA1_digest__doc__,
-"Return the digest value as a string of binary data.");
+"Return the digest value as a bytes of binary data.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA1_digest(SHA1object *self, PyObject *unused)
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA1_update__doc__,
-"Update this hash object's state with the provided string.");
+"Update this hash object's state with the provided bytes-like object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA1_update(SHA1object *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@
 /* The single module-level function: new() */
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA1_new__doc__,
-"Return a new SHA1 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.");
+"Return a new SHA1 hash object; optionally initialized with a bytes-like "
+"object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA1_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
diff -r 1f3242fb0c9c Modules/sha256module.c
--- a/Modules/sha256module.c	Thu Jan 09 19:03:32 2014 -0500
+++ b/Modules/sha256module.c	Fri Jan 10 11:20:57 2014 +0800
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA256_digest__doc__,
-"Return the digest value as a string of binary data.");
+"Return the digest value as a bytes of binary data.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA256_digest(SHAobject *self, PyObject *unused)
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA256_update__doc__,
-"Update this hash object's state with the provided string.");
+"Update this hash object's state with the provided bytes-like object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA256_update(SHAobject *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@
 /* The single module-level function: new() */
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA256_new__doc__,
-"Return a new SHA-256 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.");
+"Return a new SHA-256 hash object; optionally initialized with a bytes-like "
+"object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA256_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
@@ -636,7 +637,8 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA224_new__doc__,
-"Return a new SHA-224 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.");
+"Return a new SHA-224 hash object; optionally initialized with a bytes-like "
+"object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA224_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
diff -r 1f3242fb0c9c Modules/sha512module.c
--- a/Modules/sha512module.c	Thu Jan 09 19:03:32 2014 -0500
+++ b/Modules/sha512module.c	Fri Jan 10 11:20:57 2014 +0800
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA512_digest__doc__,
-"Return the digest value as a string of binary data.");
+"Return the digest value as a bytes of binary data.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA512_digest(SHAobject *self, PyObject *unused)
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA512_update__doc__,
-"Update this hash object's state with the provided string.");
+"Update this hash object's state with the provided bytes-like object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA512_update(SHAobject *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -661,7 +661,8 @@
 /* The single module-level function: new() */
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA512_new__doc__,
-"Return a new SHA-512 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.");
+"Return a new SHA-512 hash object; optionally initialized with a bytes-like "
+"object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA512_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
@@ -702,7 +703,8 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA384_new__doc__,
-"Return a new SHA-384 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.");
+"Return a new SHA-384 hash object; optionally initialized with a bytes-like "
+"object.");
 
 static PyObject *
 SHA384_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)