diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index df80d44e58f..6cb8f17104e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
    :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. Note that exactly what is valid depends on
    the underlying C implementation of :cfunc:`inet_aton`.
 
-   :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`getnameinfo` should be used
+   :func:`inet_aton` does not support IPv6, and :func:`inet_pton` should be used
    instead for IPv4/v6 dual stack support.
 
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
 
    If the byte sequence passed to this function is not exactly 4 bytes in
    length, :exc:`socket.error` will be raised. :func:`inet_ntoa` does not
-   support IPv6, and :func:`getnameinfo` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual
+   support IPv6, and :func:`inet_ntop` should be used instead for IPv4/v6 dual
    stack support.
 
 
@@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
 
    Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms).
 
+   .. seealso::
+
+      :func:`ipaddr.BaseIP.packed`
+         Platform-independent conversion to a packed, binary format.
+
 
 .. function:: inet_ntop(address_family, packed_ip)