diff --git a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c

index 997867a..2bd2f55 100644

--- a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c

+++ b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fcntl_fcntl(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)

 {

     int fd;

     int code;

-    long arg;

+    int arg;

     int ret;

     char *str;

     Py_ssize_t len;

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fcntl_fcntl(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)

     PyErr_Clear();

     arg = 0;

     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,

-         "O&i|;;fcntl requires a file or file descriptor,"

+         "O&i|;;fcntl requires a file or file descriptor,"

          " an integer and optionally a third integer or a string",

                           conv_descriptor, &fd, &code, &arg)) {

       return NULL;