diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index f87f942cc76258..673314c19db512 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1623,15 +1623,18 @@ hash as builtin_hash
     obj: object
     /
 
-Return the hash value for the given object.
+Return the integer hash value for the given object within this process.
 
 Two objects that compare equal must also have the same hash value, but the
-reverse is not necessarily true.
+reverse is not necessarily true.  Hash values may vary between Python
+processes.
+
+This hash value is used internally by Python dict and set hash tables.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 builtin_hash(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=237668e9d7688db7 input=58c48be822bf9c54]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=237668e9d7688db7 input=587834cbab541b99]*/
 {
     Py_hash_t x;
 
diff --git a/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h b/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h
index f75a8d4ac0ccd4..86bf88bd7f38de 100644
--- a/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h
+++ b/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h
@@ -695,10 +695,13 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(builtin_hash__doc__,
 "hash($module, obj, /)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
-"Return the hash value for the given object.\n"
+"Return the integer hash value for the given object within this process.\n"
 "\n"
 "Two objects that compare equal must also have the same hash value, but the\n"
-"reverse is not necessarily true.");
+"reverse is not necessarily true.  Hash values may vary between Python\n"
+"processes.\n"
+"\n"
+"This hash value is used internally by Python dict and set hash tables.");
 
 #define BUILTIN_HASH_METHODDEF    \
     {"hash", (PyCFunction)builtin_hash, METH_O, builtin_hash__doc__},
@@ -1228,4 +1231,4 @@ builtin_issubclass(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=435d3f286a863c49 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=8743b427edc26536 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/