Issue #29392: Prevent crash when passing invalid arguments into msvcrt module.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/winsound.rst b/Doc/library/winsound.rst
index d2c421047e..372f792a0f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/winsound.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/winsound.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ provided by Windows platforms.  It includes functions and several constants.
 .. function:: PlaySound(sound, flags)
 
    Call the underlying :c:func:`PlaySound` function from the Platform API.  The
-   *sound* parameter may be a filename, audio data as a string, or ``None``.  Its
+   *sound* parameter may be a filename, a system sound alias, audio data as a
+   :term:`bytes-like object`, or ``None``.  Its
    interpretation depends on the value of *flags*, which can be a bitwise ORed
    combination of the constants described below. If the *sound* parameter is
    ``None``, any currently playing waveform sound is stopped. If the system
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ provided by Windows platforms.  It includes functions and several constants.
    sound to play; possible values are ``-1``, ``MB_ICONASTERISK``,
    ``MB_ICONEXCLAMATION``, ``MB_ICONHAND``, ``MB_ICONQUESTION``, and ``MB_OK``, all
    described below.  The value ``-1`` produces a "simple beep"; this is the final
-   fallback if a sound cannot be played otherwise.
+   fallback if a sound cannot be played otherwise.  If the system indicates an
+   error, :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised.
 
 
 .. data:: SND_FILENAME
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ provided by Windows platforms.  It includes functions and several constants.
 .. data:: SND_MEMORY
 
    The *sound* parameter to :func:`PlaySound` is a memory image of a WAV file, as a
-   string.
+   :term:`bytes-like object`.
 
    .. note::