diff --git a/Doc/library/calendar.rst b/Doc/library/calendar.rst
index 9d63c79e25d79e..35704996510bd9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/calendar.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/calendar.rst
@@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ For simple text calendars this module provides the following functions.
    of the :class:`TextCalendar` class.
 
 
-.. function:: prcal(year, w=0, l=0, c=6, m=3)
+.. function:: prcal(theyear, w=0, l=0, c=6, m=3)
 
    Prints the calendar for an entire year as returned by  :func:`calendar`.
 
 
-.. function:: calendar(year, w=2, l=1, c=6, m=3)
+.. function:: calendar(theyear, w=2, l=1, c=6, m=3)
 
    Returns a 3-column calendar for an entire year as a multi-line string using
    the :meth:`~TextCalendar.formatyear` of the :class:`TextCalendar` class.