diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 5bcac20a4c6..db78e8b3925 100755
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -1120,6 +1120,32 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
       Windows support was added.
 
 
+.. function:: socket.send_fds(sock, buffers, fds[, flags[, address]])
+
+   Send the list of file descriptors *fds* over an :const:`AF_UNIX` socket *sock*.
+   The *fds* parameter is a sequence of file descriptors.
+   Consult :meth:`sendmsg` for the documentation of these parameters.
+
+   .. availability:: Unix supporting :meth:`~socket.sendmsg` and :const:`SCM_RIGHTS` mechanism.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.9
+
+
+.. function:: socket.recv_fds(sock, bufsize, maxfds[, flags])
+
+   Receive up to *maxfds* file descriptors from an :const:`AF_UNIX` socket *sock*.
+   Return ``(msg, list(fds), flags, addr)``.
+   Consult :meth:`recvmsg` for the documentation of these parameters.
+
+   .. availability:: Unix supporting :meth:`~socket.recvmsg` and :const:`SCM_RIGHTS` mechanism.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.9
+
+   .. note::
+
+      Any truncated integers at the end of the list of file descriptors.
+
+
 .. _socket-objects:
 
 Socket Objects
@@ -1614,29 +1640,6 @@ to sockets.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.6
 
-.. method:: socket.send_fds(sock, buffers, fds[, flags[, address]])
-
-   Send the list of file descriptors *fds* over an :const:`AF_UNIX` socket.
-   The *fds* parameter is a sequence of file descriptors.
-   Consult :meth:`sendmsg` for the documentation of these parameters.
-
-   .. availability:: Unix supporting :meth:`~socket.sendmsg` and :const:`SCM_RIGHTS` mechanism.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 3.9
-
-.. method:: socket.recv_fds(sock, bufsize, maxfds[, flags])
-
-   Receive up to *maxfds* file descriptors. Return ``(msg, list(fds), flags, addr)``. Consult
-   :meth:`recvmsg` for the documentation of these parameters.
-
-   .. availability:: Unix supporting :meth:`~socket.recvmsg` and :const:`SCM_RIGHTS` mechanism.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 3.9
-
-   .. note::
-
-      Any truncated integers at the end of the list of file descriptors.
-
 .. method:: socket.sendfile(file, offset=0, count=None)
 
    Send a file until EOF is reached by using high-performance