diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index 218a31c..e12c8c9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
    .. XXX should the default implementations of these be documented, or should
       it be assumed that the user will look at socketserver.py?
 
-   .. method:: finish_request()
+   .. method:: finish_request(request, client_address)
 
       Actually processes the request by instantiating :attr:`RequestHandlerClass` and
       calling its :meth:`~BaseRequestHandler.handle` method.