diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
index c6c79836002..3cf4764c4fb 100644
--- a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -1625,11 +1625,13 @@ defdict_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(defdict_doc,
-"defaultdict(default_factory) --> dict with default factory\n\
+"defaultdict(default_factory[, ...]) --> dict with default factory\n\
 \n\
 The default factory is called without arguments to produce\n\
 a new value when a key is not present, in __getitem__ only.\n\
 A defaultdict compares equal to a dict with the same items.\n\
+All remaining arguments are treated the same as if they were\n\
+passed to the dict constructor, including keyword arguments.\n\
 ");
 
 /* See comment in xxsubtype.c */