#14804: Remove [] around optional arguments with default values
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index f1fd126..6f8df6e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
Remove a registered file descriptor from the epoll object.
-.. method:: epoll.poll([timeout=-1[, maxevents=-1]])
+.. method:: epoll.poll(timeout=-1, maxevents=-1)
Wait for events. timeout in seconds (float)
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
Create a kqueue object from a given file descriptor.
-.. method:: kqueue.control(changelist, max_events[, timeout=None]) -> eventlist
+.. method:: kqueue.control(changelist, max_events, timeout=None) -> eventlist
Low level interface to kevent