diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 02124d10f44..8b1b8fb9c00 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
 
    Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms), Windows.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      Windows support added
+
 
 .. function:: inet_ntop(address_family, packed_ip)
 
@@ -649,6 +652,9 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
 
    Availability: Unix (maybe not all platforms), Windows.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      Windows support added
+
 
 ..
    XXX: Are sendmsg(), recvmsg() and CMSG_*() available on any
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 884733d2af6..d23c3e2fd56 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1178,6 +1178,9 @@ during debugging, instead of integer "magic numbers".
 
 The :data:`~socket.AF_LINK` constant is now available on BSD and OSX.
 
+:func:`~socket.inet_pton` and :func:`~socket.inet_ntop` are now supported
+on Windows.  (Contributed by Atsuo Ishimoto in :issue:`7171`.)
+
 
 sqlite3
 -------