diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
index 25dc2934d29..bc85a05ff2f 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ optionally followed by an import of the module::
        /* Optionally import the module; alternatively,
           import can be deferred until the embedded script
           imports it. */
-       pmodule = PyImport_ImportModule("spam");
+       PyObject *pmodule = PyImport_ImportModule("spam");
        if (!pmodule) {
            PyErr_Print();
            fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not import module 'spam'\n");
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-04-06-07-05-49.bpo-43739.L4HjiX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-04-06-07-05-49.bpo-43739.L4HjiX.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f8d3625e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-04-06-07-05-49.bpo-43739.L4HjiX.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixing the example code in Doc/extending/extending.rst to declare and initialize the pmodule variable to be of the right type.
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