diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
index c233ed4..143c988 100644
--- a/Doc/api/concrete.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
@@ -1670,7 +1670,15 @@
 \end{cvardesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Check}{PyObject *p}
-  Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyListObject}.
+  Returns true if \var{p} is a list object or an instance of a
+  subtype of the list type.
+  \versionchanged[Allowed subtypes to be accepted]{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_CheckExact}{PyObject *p}
+  Return true if \var{p} is a list object, but not an instance of a
+  subtype of the list type.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_New}{int len}
@@ -1790,7 +1798,9 @@
 \end{cvardesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Check}{PyObject *p}
-  Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyDictObject}.
+  Returns true if \var{p} is a dict object or an instance of a
+  subtype of the dict type.
+  \versionchanged[Allowed subtypes to be accepted]{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_New}{}