diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index ee2457f..32a92b4 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@
     return name
 
 
-#
-# These classes are used by the socket() defined on Windows and BeOS
-# platforms to provide a best-effort implementation of the cleanup
-# semantics needed when sockets can't be dup()ed.
-#
-# These are not actually used on other platforms.
-#
-
 _socketmethods = (
     'bind', 'connect', 'connect_ex', 'fileno', 'listen',
     'getpeername', 'getsockname', 'getsockopt', 'setsockopt',
@@ -183,6 +175,10 @@
         and bufsize arguments are as for the built-in open() function."""
         return _fileobject(self._sock, mode, bufsize)
 
+    family = property(lambda self: self._sock.family, doc="the socket family")
+    type = property(lambda self: self._sock.type, doc="the socket type")
+    proto = property(lambda self: self._sock.proto, doc="the socket protocol")
+
     _s = ("def %s(self, *args): return self._sock.%s(*args)\n\n"
           "%s.__doc__ = _realsocket.%s.__doc__\n")
     for _m in _socketmethods: