#10549: fix interface of docclass() for text documenter.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 282fe15..0cb1c7f 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@
         result = result + self.section('FILE', file)
         return result
 
-    def docclass(self, object, name=None, mod=None):
+    def docclass(self, object, name=None, mod=None, *ignored):
         """Produce text documentation for a given class object."""
         realname = object.__name__
         name = name or realname
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9150764..7de6838 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #10549: Fix pydoc traceback when text-documenting certain classes.
+
 - Issue #2001: New HTML server with enhanced Web page features.  Patch by Ron
   Adam.