#10741: add documentation for PyGILState_GetThisThreadState()
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 9354e3c..996ab78 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -638,6 +638,16 @@
.. versionadded:: 2.3
+.. c:function:: PyThreadState PyGILState_GetThisThreadState()
+
+ Get the current thread state for this thread. May return ``NULL`` if no
+ GILState API has been used on the current thread. Note that the main thread
+ always has such a thread-state, even if no auto-thread-state call has been
+ made on the main thread. This is mainly a helper/diagnostic function.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.3
+
+
The following macros are normally used without a trailing semicolon; look for
example usage in the Python source distribution.
diff --git a/Include/pystate.h b/Include/pystate.h
index 729342c..63371fa 100644
--- a/Include/pystate.h
+++ b/Include/pystate.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
/* Helper/diagnostic function - get the current thread state for
this thread. May return NULL if no GILState API has been used
- on the current thread. Note the main thread always has such a
+ on the current thread. Note that the main thread always has such a
thread-state, even if no auto-thread-state call has been made
on the main thread.
*/