diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
index 3f7df74..e3f134b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
    should be at most 57 to adhere to the base64 standard.
 
 
-.. function:: a2b_qp(string, header=False)
+.. function:: a2b_qp(data, header=False)
 
    Convert a block of quoted-printable data back to binary and return the binary
    data. More than one line may be passed at a time. If the optional argument
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index cb34f3e..40d65ad 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -857,9 +857,9 @@
       :data:`os.SEEK_HOLE` or :data:`os.SEEK_DATA`.
 
 
-.. function:: open(file, flags, mode=0o777, *, dir_fd=None)
+.. function:: open(path, flags, mode=0o777, *, dir_fd=None)
 
-   Open the file *file* and set various flags according to *flags* and possibly
+   Open the file *path* and set various flags according to *flags* and possibly
    its mode according to *mode*.  When computing *mode*, the current umask value
    is first masked out.  Return the file descriptor for the newly opened file.
    The new file descriptor is :ref:`non-inheritable <fd_inheritance>`.
@@ -1071,10 +1071,10 @@
       :exc:`InterruptedError` exception (see :pep:`475` for the rationale).
 
 
-.. function:: sendfile(out, in, offset, nbytes)
-              sendfile(out, in, offset, nbytes, headers=None, trailers=None, flags=0)
+.. function:: sendfile(out, in, offset, count)
+              sendfile(out, in, offset, count, headers=None, trailers=None, flags=0)
 
-   Copy *nbytes* bytes from file descriptor *in* to file descriptor *out*
+   Copy *count* bytes from file descriptor *in* to file descriptor *out*
    starting at *offset*.
    Return the number of bytes sent. When EOF is reached return 0.
 
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@
    *trailers* are arbitrary sequences of buffers that are written before and
    after the data from *in* is written. It returns the same as the first case.
 
-   On Mac OS X and FreeBSD, a value of 0 for *nbytes* specifies to send until
+   On Mac OS X and FreeBSD, a value of 0 for *count* specifies to send until
    the end of *in* is reached.
 
    All platforms support sockets as *out* file descriptor, and some platforms
@@ -1690,10 +1690,10 @@
       The *dir_fd* argument.
 
 
-.. function:: mknod(filename, mode=0o600, device=0, *, dir_fd=None)
+.. function:: mknod(path, mode=0o600, device=0, *, dir_fd=None)
 
    Create a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe) named
-   *filename*. *mode* specifies both the permissions to use and the type of node
+   *path*. *mode* specifies both the permissions to use and the type of node
    to be created, being combined (bitwise OR) with one of ``stat.S_IFREG``,
    ``stat.S_IFCHR``, ``stat.S_IFBLK``, and ``stat.S_IFIFO`` (those constants are
    available in :mod:`stat`).  For ``stat.S_IFCHR`` and ``stat.S_IFBLK``,
@@ -2389,9 +2389,9 @@
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
-.. function:: symlink(source, link_name, target_is_directory=False, *, dir_fd=None)
+.. function:: symlink(src, dst, target_is_directory=False, *, dir_fd=None)
 
-   Create a symbolic link pointing to *source* named *link_name*.
+   Create a symbolic link pointing to *src* named *dst*.
 
    On Windows, a symlink represents either a file or a directory, and does not
    morph to the target dynamically.  If the target is present, the type of the
@@ -2461,20 +2461,20 @@
       The *dir_fd* parameter.
 
 
-.. function:: utime(path, times=None, *, ns=None, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)
+.. function:: utime(path, times=None, *[, ns], dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)
 
    Set the access and modified times of the file specified by *path*.
 
    :func:`utime` takes two optional parameters, *times* and *ns*.
    These specify the times set on *path* and are used as follows:
 
-   - If *ns* is not ``None``,
+   - If *ns* is specified,
      it must be a 2-tuple of the form ``(atime_ns, mtime_ns)``
      where each member is an int expressing nanoseconds.
    - If *times* is not ``None``,
      it must be a 2-tuple of the form ``(atime, mtime)``
      where each member is an int or float expressing seconds.
-   - If *times* and *ns* are both ``None``,
+   - If *times* is ``None`` and *ns* is unspecified,
      this is equivalent to specifying ``ns=(atime_ns, mtime_ns)``
      where both times are the current time.
 
@@ -3023,9 +3023,10 @@
    Availability: Unix.
 
 
-.. function:: popen(command, mode='r', buffering=-1)
+.. function:: popen(cmd, mode='r', buffering=-1)
 
-   Open a pipe to or from *command*.  The return value is an open file object
+   Open a pipe to or from command *cmd*.
+   The return value is an open file object
    connected to the pipe, which can be read or written depending on whether *mode*
    is ``'r'`` (default) or ``'w'``. The *buffering* argument has the same meaning as
    the corresponding argument to the built-in :func:`open` function. The
diff --git a/Doc/library/zlib.rst b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
index b178fe1..aea0e79 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
    Raises the :exc:`error` exception if any error occurs.
 
 
-.. function:: compressobj(level=-1, method=DEFLATED, wbits=15, memlevel=8, strategy=Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY[, zdict])
+.. function:: compressobj(level=-1, method=DEFLATED, wbits=15, memLevel=8, strategy=Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY[, zdict])
 
    Returns a compression object, to be used for compressing data streams that won't
    fit into memory at once.
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
    should be an integer from ``8`` to ``15``. Higher values give better
    compression, but use more memory.
 
-   *memlevel* controls the amount of memory used for internal compression state.
-   Valid values range from ``1`` to ``9``. Higher values using more memory,
-   but are faster and produce smaller output.
+   The *memLevel* argument controls the amount of memory used for the
+   internal compression state. Valid values range from ``1`` to ``9``.
+   Higher values use more memory, but are faster and produce smaller output.
 
    *strategy* is used to tune the compression algorithm. Possible values are
    ``Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY``, ``Z_FILTERED``, and ``Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY``.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_binascii.py b/Lib/test/test_binascii.py
index 4e67887..8367afe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_binascii.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_binascii.py
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
         self.assertEqual(binascii.unhexlify(self.type2test(t)), u)
 
     def test_qp(self):
+        binascii.a2b_qp(data=b"", header=False)  # Keyword arguments allowed
+
         # A test for SF bug 534347 (segfaults without the proper fix)
         try:
             binascii.a2b_qp(b"", **{1:1})
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@
             pass
         else:
             self.fail("binascii.a2b_qp(**{1:1}) didn't raise TypeError")
+
         self.assertEqual(binascii.a2b_qp(b"= "), b"= ")
         self.assertEqual(binascii.a2b_qp(b"=="), b"=")
         self.assertEqual(binascii.a2b_qp(b"=AX"), b"=AX")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index b3cf207..15040c3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 # Tests creating TESTFN
 class FileTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        if os.path.exists(support.TESTFN):
+        if os.path.lexists(support.TESTFN):
             os.unlink(support.TESTFN)
     tearDown = setUp
 
@@ -209,6 +209,19 @@
         with open(TESTFN2, 'r') as f:
             self.assertEqual(f.read(), "1")
 
+    def test_open_keywords(self):
+        f = os.open(path=__file__, flags=os.O_RDONLY, mode=0o777,
+            dir_fd=None)
+        os.close(f)
+
+    def test_symlink_keywords(self):
+        symlink = support.get_attribute(os, "symlink")
+        try:
+            symlink(src='target', dst=support.TESTFN,
+                target_is_directory=False, dir_fd=None)
+        except (NotImplementedError, OSError):
+            pass  # No OS support or unprivileged user
+
 
 # Test attributes on return values from os.*stat* family.
 class StatAttributeTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -2312,6 +2325,14 @@
             os.sendfile(self.sockno, self.fileno, -1, 4096)
         self.assertEqual(cm.exception.errno, errno.EINVAL)
 
+    def test_keywords(self):
+        # Keyword arguments should be supported
+        os.sendfile(out=self.sockno, offset=0, count=4096,
+            **{'in': self.fileno})
+        if self.SUPPORT_HEADERS_TRAILERS:
+            os.sendfile(self.sockno, self.fileno, offset=0, count=4096,
+                headers=None, trailers=None, flags=0)
+
     # --- headers / trailers tests
 
     @requires_headers_trailers
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_popen.py b/Lib/test/test_popen.py
index 8958db0..da01a87 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_popen.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_popen.py
@@ -57,5 +57,9 @@
         with os.popen("echo hello") as f:
             self.assertEqual(list(f), ["hello\n"])
 
+    def test_keywords(self):
+        with os.popen(cmd="exit 0", mode="w", buffering=-1):
+            pass
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index 77e5b0c..2a59c38 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -442,6 +442,14 @@
         else:
             self.assertTrue(stat.S_ISFIFO(posix.stat(support.TESTFN).st_mode))
 
+        # Keyword arguments are also supported
+        support.unlink(support.TESTFN)
+        try:
+            posix.mknod(path=support.TESTFN, mode=mode, device=0,
+                dir_fd=None)
+        except OSError as e:
+            self.assertIn(e.errno, (errno.EPERM, errno.EINVAL))
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(posix, 'stat'), 'test needs posix.stat()')
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(posix, 'makedev'), 'test needs posix.makedev()')
     def test_makedev(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index bd935ed..7cd1d7c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@
         level = 2
         method = zlib.DEFLATED
         wbits = -12
-        memlevel = 9
+        memLevel = 9
         strategy = zlib.Z_FILTERED
-        co = zlib.compressobj(level, method, wbits, memlevel, strategy)
+        co = zlib.compressobj(level, method, wbits, memLevel, strategy)
         x1 = co.compress(HAMLET_SCENE)
         x2 = co.flush()
         dco = zlib.decompressobj(wbits)
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@
         y2 = dco.flush()
         self.assertEqual(HAMLET_SCENE, y1 + y2)
 
+        # keyword arguments should also be supported
+        zlib.compressobj(level=level, method=method, wbits=wbits,
+            memLevel=memLevel, strategy=strategy, zdict=b"")
+
     def test_compressincremental(self):
         # compress object in steps, decompress object as one-shot
         data = HAMLET_SCENE * 128
diff --git a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
index a7045a8..a48de6a 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
@@ -1487,10 +1487,10 @@
 "\n"
 "If times is not None, it must be a tuple (atime, mtime);\n"
 "    atime and mtime should be expressed as float seconds since the epoch.\n"
-"If ns is not None, it must be a tuple (atime_ns, mtime_ns);\n"
+"If ns is specified, it must be a tuple (atime_ns, mtime_ns);\n"
 "    atime_ns and mtime_ns should be expressed as integer nanoseconds\n"
 "    since the epoch.\n"
-"If both times and ns are None, utime uses the current time.\n"
+"If times is None and ns is unspecified, utime uses the current time.\n"
 "Specifying tuples for both times and ns is an error.\n"
 "\n"
 "If dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,\n"
@@ -5792,4 +5792,4 @@
 #ifndef OS_SET_HANDLE_INHERITABLE_METHODDEF
     #define OS_SET_HANDLE_INHERITABLE_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(OS_SET_HANDLE_INHERITABLE_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=35b50461dbecd65d input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=a5c9bef9ad11a20b input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 270de0f..4b1e5f0 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -4679,7 +4679,7 @@
     dir_fd: dir_fd(requires='futimensat') = None
     follow_symlinks: bool=True
 
-# "utime(path, times=None, *, ns=None, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)\n\
+# "utime(path, times=None, *[, ns], dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)\n\
 
 Set the access and modified time of path.
 
@@ -4689,10 +4689,10 @@
 
 If times is not None, it must be a tuple (atime, mtime);
     atime and mtime should be expressed as float seconds since the epoch.
-If ns is not None, it must be a tuple (atime_ns, mtime_ns);
+If ns is specified, it must be a tuple (atime_ns, mtime_ns);
     atime_ns and mtime_ns should be expressed as integer nanoseconds
     since the epoch.
-If both times and ns are None, utime uses the current time.
+If times is None and ns is unspecified, utime uses the current time.
 Specifying tuples for both times and ns is an error.
 
 If dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,
@@ -4710,7 +4710,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 os_utime_impl(PyModuleDef *module, path_t *path, PyObject *times,
               PyObject *ns, int dir_fd, int follow_symlinks)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=31f3434e560ba2f0 input=1f18c17d5941aa82]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=31f3434e560ba2f0 input=081cdc54ca685385]*/
 {
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     HANDLE hFile;
@@ -8235,10 +8235,10 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SENDFILE
 PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_sendfile__doc__,
-"sendfile(out, in, offset, nbytes) -> byteswritten\n\
-sendfile(out, in, offset, nbytes, headers=None, trailers=None, flags=0)\n\
+"sendfile(out, in, offset, count) -> byteswritten\n\
+sendfile(out, in, offset, count, headers=None, trailers=None, flags=0)\n\
             -> byteswritten\n\
-Copy nbytes bytes from file descriptor in to file descriptor out.");
+Copy count bytes from file descriptor in to file descriptor out.");
 
 /* AC 3.5: don't bother converting, has optional group*/
 static PyObject *
@@ -8258,6 +8258,7 @@
     off_t sbytes;
     struct sf_hdtr sf;
     int flags = 0;
+    /* Beware that "in" clashes with Python's own "in" operator keyword */
     static char *keywords[] = {"out", "in",
                                 "offset", "count",
                                 "headers", "trailers", "flags", NULL};