diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 56a92690162cab..9cd1b34da0cca2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -1018,7 +1018,8 @@ function.
    .. attribute:: BoundArguments.kwargs
 
       A dict of keyword arguments values.  Dynamically computed from the
-      :attr:`arguments` attribute.
+      :attr:`arguments` attribute.  Arguments that can be passed positionally
+      are included in :attr:`args` instead.
 
    .. attribute:: BoundArguments.signature