diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 728ba5bdc99..d79e254cc68 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ builtin___build_class__(PyObject *self, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(build_class_doc,
-"__build_class__(func, name, *bases, metaclass=None, **kwds) -> class\n\
+"__build_class__(func, name, /, *bases, [metaclass], **kwds) -> class\n\
 \n\
 Internal helper function used by the class statement.");