diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index 3820bbb..9f1b968 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
 #endif
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(kqueue_event_doc,
-"kevent(ident, filter=KQ_FILTER_READ, flags=KQ_ADD, fflags=0, data=0, udata=0)\n\
+"kevent(ident, filter=KQ_FILTER_READ, flags=KQ_EV_ADD, fflags=0, data=0, udata=0)\n\
 \n\
 This object is the equivalent of the struct kevent for the C API.\n\
 \n\