bpo-39008: Require Py_ssize_t for PySys_Audit formats rather than raise a deprecation warning (GH-17540)
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
index eccb8a6..c851ff6 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
@@ -320,10 +320,18 @@
arguments to this function will be consumed, using it may cause reference
leaks.)
+ Note that ``#`` format characters should always be treated as
+ ``Py_ssize_t``, regardless of whether ``PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN`` was defined.
+
:func:`sys.audit` performs the same function from Python code.
.. versionadded:: 3.8
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8.2
+
+ Require ``Py_ssize_t`` for ``#`` format characters. Previously, an
+ unavoidable deprecation warning was raised.
+
.. c:function:: int PySys_AddAuditHook(Py_AuditHookFunction hook, void *userData)