diff --git a/Doc/library/pickle.rst b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
index 779b60e..a7b92bb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pickle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
@@ -639,9 +639,9 @@
    At unpickling time, some methods like :meth:`__getattr__`,
    :meth:`__getattribute__`, or :meth:`__setattr__` may be called upon the
    instance.  In case those methods rely on some internal invariant being
-   true, the type should implement :meth:`__getnewargs__` or
-   :meth:`__getnewargs_ex__` to establish such an invariant; otherwise,
-   neither :meth:`__new__` nor :meth:`__init__` will be called.
+   true, the type should implement :meth:`__new__` to establish such an
+   invariant, as :meth:`__init__` is not called when unpickling an
+   instance.
 
 .. index:: pair: copy; protocol
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-04-01-00-27-03.bpo-27635.VwxUty.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-04-01-00-27-03.bpo-27635.VwxUty.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24f640b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-04-01-00-27-03.bpo-27635.VwxUty.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The pickle documentation incorrectly claimed that ``__new__`` isn't called by
+default when unpickling.