diff --git a/Doc/api/utilities.tex b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
index f4fa899..bfcfe27 100644
--- a/Doc/api/utilities.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
@@ -283,20 +283,31 @@
 
 Numeric values are stored with the least significant byte first.
 
-\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile}{long value, FILE *file}
+The module supports two versions of the data format: version 0 is the
+historical version, version 1 (new in Python 2.4) shares interned
+strings in the file, and upon unmarshalling. \var{Py_MARSHAL_VERSION}
+indicates the current file format (currently 1).
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile}{long value, FILE *file, int version}
   Marshal a \ctype{long} integer, \var{value}, to \var{file}.  This
   will only write the least-significant 32 bits of \var{value};
   regardless of the size of the native \ctype{long} type.
+
+  \versionchanged[\var{version} indicates the file format]{2.4}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile}{PyObject *value,
-                                                     FILE *file}
+                                                     FILE *file, int version}
   Marshal a Python object, \var{value}, to \var{file}.
+
+  \versionchanged[\var{version} indicates the file format]{2.4}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
-\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMarshal_WriteObjectToString}{PyObject *value}
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMarshal_WriteObjectToString}{PyObject *value, int version}
   Return a string object containing the marshalled representation of
   \var{value}.
+
+  \versionchanged[\var{version} indicates the file format]{2.4}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex
index f597e84..53ca668 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
   a \exception{ValueError} exception is raised --- but garbage data
   will also be written to the file.  The object will not be properly
   read back by \function{load()}.
+
+  \versionadded[The \var{version} argument indicates the data
+  format that \code{dumps} should use.]{2.4}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{load}{file}
@@ -86,11 +89,14 @@
   \code{None} for the unmarshallable type.}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{dumps}{value}
+\begin{funcdesc}{dumps}{value\optional{, version}}
   Return the string that would be written to a file by
   \code{dump(\var{value}, \var{file})}.  The value must be a supported
   type.  Raise a \exception{ValueError} exception if value has (or
   contains an object that has) an unsupported type.
+
+  \versionadded[The \var{version} argument indicates the data
+  format that \code{dumps} should use.]{2.4}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{loads}{string}
@@ -98,3 +104,13 @@
   \exception{EOFError}, \exception{ValueError} or
   \exception{TypeError}.  Extra characters in the string are ignored.
 \end{funcdesc}
+
+In addition, the following constants are defined:
+
+\begin{datadesc}{version}
+  Indicates the format that the module uses. Version 0 is the
+  historical format, version 1 (added in Python 2.4) shares
+  interned strings. The current version is 1.
+
+  \versionadded{2.4}
+\end{datadesc}
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