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serhiy-storchaka · serhiy-storchaka · commit e4e7d535e807 · 2026-05-21T23:28:28.000+03:00
diff --git a/Doc/library/gzip.rst b/Doc/library/gzip.rst
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ The module defines the following items:
    *mtime* to ``0`` to generate a compressed stream that does not depend on
    creation time. If *mtime* is omitted or ``None``, the current time is used;
    however, if the current time is outside the range 00:00:00 UTC, January 1,
-   1970 through 06:28:15 UTC, February 7, 2106, then the value ``0`` is used
-   instead.
+   1970 through 06:28:15 UTC, February 7, 2106, or explicitly passed *mtime*
+   argument is outside the range ``0`` to ``2**32-1``, then the value ``0``
+   is used instead.
 
    See below for the :attr:`mtime` attribute that is set when decompressing.
 
diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -189,10 +189,9 @@ def __init__(self, filename=None, mode=None,
         The optional mtime argument is the timestamp requested by gzip. The time
         is in Unix format, i.e., seconds since 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970.
         Set mtime to 0 to generate a compressed stream that does not depend on
-        creation time. If mtime is omitted or None, the current time is used;
-        however, if the current time is outside the range 00:00:00 UTC, January
-        1, 1970 through 06:28:15 UTC, February 7, 2106, then the value 0 is used
-        instead.
+        creation time. If mtime is omitted or None, the current time is used.
+        If the resulting mtime is outside the range 0 to 2**32-1, then the
+        value 0 is used instead.
 
         """
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-20-29-35.gh-issue-133998.KmElUw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-20-29-35.gh-issue-133998.KmElUw.rst
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-Fix ``struct.error`` exception when creating a file with ``gzip.GzipFile()`` if the system time is outside the range 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970 through 06:28:15 UTC, February 7, 2106.
+Fix :exc:`struct.error` exception when creating a file with
+:class:`gzip.GzipFile` or compressing data with :func:`gzip.compress`
+if the system time is outside the range 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970
+through 06:28:15 UTC, February 7, 2106, or explicitly passed *mtime*
+argument is outside the range ``0`` to ``2**32-1``.
