diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 6405f7f00fcb21..2df0257d1f24f0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -1589,7 +1589,8 @@ to sockets.
Return a :term:`file object` associated with the socket. The exact returned
type depends on the arguments given to :meth:`makefile`. These arguments are
interpreted the same way as by the built-in :func:`open` function, except
- the only supported *mode* values are ``'r'`` (default), ``'w'`` and ``'b'``.
+ the only supported *mode* values are ``'r'`` (default), ``'w'``, ``'b'``, or
+ a combination of those.
The socket must be in blocking mode; it can have a timeout, but the file
object's internal buffer may end up in an inconsistent state if a timeout
diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 77986fc2e48099..524ce1361b9091 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ def makefile(self, mode="r", buffering=None, *,
"""makefile(...) -> an I/O stream connected to the socket
The arguments are as for io.open() after the filename, except the only
- supported mode values are 'r' (default), 'w' and 'b'.
+ supported mode values are 'r' (default), 'w', 'b', or a combination of
+ those.
"""
# XXX refactor to share code?
if not set(mode) <= {"r", "w", "b"}:
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