1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 4bb50649ef..81823bf383 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
    change for the duration of the program's execution.  No code in the Python
    interpreter will change the contents of this storage.
 
+   Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
+   :c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+
 
 .. c:function:: wchar* Py_GetProgramName()
 
@@ -245,6 +248,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
    :data:`sys.exec_prefix` to be empty.  It is up to the caller to modify these
    if required after calling :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
+   Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
+   :c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+
    The path argument is copied internally, so the caller may free it after the
    call completes.
 
@@ -344,6 +350,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
      :data:`sys.path`, which is the same as prepending the current working
      directory (``"."``).
 
+   Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
+   :c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+
    .. note::
       It is recommended that applications embedding the Python interpreter
       for purposes other than executing a single script pass 0 as *updatepath*,
@@ -368,6 +377,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
    to 1 unless the :program:`python` interpreter was started with the
    :option:`-I`.
 
+   Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
+   :c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.4 The *updatepath* value depends on :option:`-I`.
 
 
@@ -382,6 +394,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
    execution.  No code in the Python interpreter will change the contents of
    this storage.
 
+   Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
+   :c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+
 
 .. c:function:: w_char* Py_GetPythonHome()
 
@@ -858,6 +873,8 @@ been created.
       instead.
 
 
+.. _sub-interpreter-support:
+
 Sub-interpreter support
 =======================