diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 05bc7cfb9dc089..52f0af31c68726 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -2191,8 +2191,11 @@ always available. Unless explicitly noted otherwise, all variables are read-only
.. data:: api_version
- The C API version for this interpreter. Programmers may find this useful when
- debugging version conflicts between Python and extension modules.
+ The C API version, equivalent to the C macro :c:macro:`PYTHON_API_VERSION`.
+ Defined for backwards compatibility.
+
+ Currently, this constant is not updated in new Python versions, and is not
+ useful for versioning. This may change in the future.
.. data:: version_info
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