diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 091cae4a106..4b84392e399 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
          Accepts multiple input iterables.
 
    .. method:: symmetric_difference_update(other)
-               set ^= other
+               set ^= other | ...
 
       Update the set, keeping only elements found in either set, but not in both.
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 49a09420631..e9a929aa9ed 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1229,6 +1229,9 @@ Documentation
 - Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
   for Windows.
 
+- Issue #6801 : symmetric_difference_update also accepts |.
+  Thanks to Carl Chenet. 
+
 C-API
 -----