diff --git a/Objects/descrobject.c b/Objects/descrobject.c
index 1c5098603ce..745f95dca59 100644
--- a/Objects/descrobject.c
+++ b/Objects/descrobject.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ proxy_copy(proxyobject *pp)
 
 static PyMethodDef proxy_methods[] = {
 	{"has_key",   (PyCFunction)proxy_has_key,    METH_O,
-	 PyDoc_STR("D.has_key(k) -> 1 if D has a key k, else 0")},
+	 PyDoc_STR("D.has_key(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False")},
 	{"get",       (PyCFunction)proxy_get,        METH_VARARGS,
 	 PyDoc_STR("D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if D.has_key(k), else d."
 	 				"  d defaults to None.")},
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index c4959ff8e78..5d2240418fb 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ dict_iteritems(dictobject *dict)
 
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(has_key__doc__,
-"D.has_key(k) -> 1 if D has a key k, else 0");
+"D.has_key(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False");
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(get__doc__,
 "D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if k in D, else d.  d defaults to None.");