#14763: merge with 3.2.
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 4e1f7a7..e1f4748 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1328,8 +1328,8 @@
Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* as the delimiter
string. If *maxsplit* is given, at most *maxsplit* splits are done (thus,
the list will have at most ``maxsplit+1`` elements). If *maxsplit* is not
- specified, then there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible
- splits are made).
+ specified or ``-1``, then there is no limit on the number of splits
+ (all possible splits are made).
If *sep* is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, ``'1,,2'.split(',')`` returns