diff --git a/Python/codecs.c b/Python/codecs.c
index 4b0f4cb..3849cf9 100644
--- a/Python/codecs.c
+++ b/Python/codecs.c
@@ -774,7 +774,9 @@
 	    {
 		"strict_errors",
 		strict_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'strict' error handling, which "
+			  "raises a UnicodeError on coding errors.")
 	    }
 	},
 #ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
@@ -783,7 +785,9 @@
 	    {
 		"ignore_errors",
 		ignore_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'ignore' error handling, which "
+			  "ignores malformed data and continues.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -791,7 +795,9 @@
 	    {
 		"replace_errors",
 		replace_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'replace' error handling, which "
+			  "replaces malformed data with a replacement marker.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -799,7 +805,10 @@
 	    {
 		"xmlcharrefreplace_errors",
 		xmlcharrefreplace_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'xmlcharrefreplace' error handling, "
+			  "which replaces an unencodable character with the "
+			  "appropriate XML character reference.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -807,7 +816,10 @@
 	    {
 		"backslashreplace_errors",
 		backslashreplace_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'backslashreplace' error handling, "
+			  "which replaces an unencodable character with a "
+			  "backslashed escape sequence.")
 	    }
 	}
 #endif