@@ -229,12 +229,24 @@ There are three ways strings and buffers can be converted to C:
229229Numbers
230230------- 
231231
232+ These formats allow representing Python numbers or single characters as C numbers.
233+ Formats that require :class: `int `, :class: `float ` or :class: `complex ` can
234+ also use the corresponding special methods :meth: `~object.__index__ `,
235+ :meth: `~object.__float__ ` or :meth: `~object.__complex__ ` to convert
236+ the Python object to the required type.
237+ 
238+ For signed integer formats, :exc: `OverflowError ` is raised if the value
239+ is out of range for the C type.
240+ For unsigned integer formats, no range checking is done --- the
241+ most significant bits are silently truncated when the receiving field is too
242+ small to receive the value.
243+ 
232244``b `` (:class: `int `) [unsigned char]
233-    Convert a nonnegative Python integer to an unsigned tiny int , stored in a C
245+    Convert a nonnegative Python integer to an unsigned tiny integer , stored in a C
234246   :c:expr: `unsigned char `.
235247
236248``B `` (:class: `int `) [unsigned char]
237-    Convert a Python integer to a tiny int  without overflow checking, stored in a C
249+    Convert a Python integer to a tiny integer  without overflow checking, stored in a C
238250   :c:expr: `unsigned char `.
239251
240252``h `` (:class: `int `) [short int]
@@ -344,12 +356,6 @@ Other objects
344356   in *items *.  The C arguments must correspond to the individual format units in
345357   *items *.  Format units for sequences may be nested.
346358
347- It is possible to pass "long" integers (integers whose value exceeds the
348- platform's :c:macro: `LONG_MAX `) however no proper range checking is done --- the
349- most significant bits are silently truncated when the receiving field is too
350- small to receive the value (actually, the semantics are inherited from downcasts
351- in C --- your mileage may vary).
352- 
353359A few other characters have a meaning in a format string.  These may not occur
354360inside nested parentheses.  They are:
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