diff --git a/Python/codecs.c b/Python/codecs.c
index d1915f1..e6ffa0d 100644
--- a/Python/codecs.c
+++ b/Python/codecs.c
@@ -957,7 +957,9 @@
 	    {
 		"strict_errors",
 		strict_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'strict' error handling, which "
+			  "raises a UnicodeError on coding errors.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -965,7 +967,9 @@
 	    {
 		"ignore_errors",
 		ignore_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'ignore' error handling, which "
+			  "ignores malformed data and continues.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -973,7 +977,9 @@
 	    {
 		"replace_errors",
 		replace_errors,
-		METH_O
+		METH_O,
+		PyDoc_STR("Implements the 'replace' error handling, which "
+			  "replaces malformed data with a replacement marker.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -981,7 +987,10 @@
 	    {
 		"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.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{
@@ -989,7 +998,10 @@
 	    {
 		"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.")
 	    }
 	},
 	{