diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
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@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ Creating sockets
 The following functions all create :ref:`socket objects <socket-objects>`.
 
 
-.. function:: socket(family=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, fileno=None)
+.. class:: socket(family=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, fileno=None)
 
    Create a new socket using the given address family, socket type and protocol
    number.  The address family should be :const:`AF_INET` (the default),
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-09-13-10-55.bpo-45772.EdrM3t.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-09-13-10-55.bpo-45772.EdrM3t.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``socket.socket`` documentation is corrected to a class from a function.