diff --git a/Modules/sha256module.c b/Modules/sha256module.c
index d2eefa4..7d56900 100644
--- a/Modules/sha256module.c
+++ b/Modules/sha256module.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
 
     SHAcopy(self, &temp);
     sha_final(digest, &temp);
-    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((const char *)digest, self->digestsize);
+    return PyString_FromStringAndSize((const char *)digest, self->digestsize);
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(SHA256_hexdigest__doc__,
@@ -452,10 +452,10 @@
     sha_final(digest, &temp);
 
     /* Create a new string */
-    retval = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, self->digestsize * 2);
+    retval = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, self->digestsize * 2);
     if (!retval)
 	    return NULL;
-    hex_digest = PyBytes_AsString(retval);
+    hex_digest = PyString_AsString(retval);
     if (!hex_digest) {
 	    Py_DECREF(retval);
 	    return NULL;
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@
 SHA256_get_name(PyObject *self, void *closure)
 {
     if (((SHAobject *)self)->digestsize == 32)
-        return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("SHA256", 6);
+        return PyString_FromStringAndSize("SHA256", 6);
     else
-        return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("SHA224", 6);
+        return PyString_FromStringAndSize("SHA224", 6);
 }
 
 static PyGetSetDef SHA_getseters[] = {