diff --git a/Doc/library/msvcrt.rst b/Doc/library/msvcrt.rst
index f4a1125554a051..22a63ae8eaae49 100644
--- a/Doc/library/msvcrt.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/msvcrt.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ Console I/O
    is not already available, but will not wait for :kbd:`Enter` to be
    pressed. If the pressed key was a special function key, this will
    return ``'\000'`` or ``'\xe0'``; the next call will return the keycode.
-   The :kbd:`Control-C` keypress cannot be read with this function.
+   When pressed while this function is waiting for input, :kbd:`Control-C`
+   can be read as ``b'\x03'`` without invoking the :const:`signal.SIGINT`
+   handler.
 
 
 .. function:: getwch()
diff --git a/PC/clinic/msvcrtmodule.c.h b/PC/clinic/msvcrtmodule.c.h
index 7a43daa987b206..e4e5157050f088 100644
--- a/PC/clinic/msvcrtmodule.c.h
+++ b/PC/clinic/msvcrtmodule.c.h
@@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(msvcrt_getch__doc__,
 "Nothing is echoed to the console. This call will block if a keypress is\n"
 "not already available, but will not wait for Enter to be pressed. If the\n"
 "pressed key was a special function key, this will return \'\\000\' or\n"
-"\'\\xe0\'; the next call will return the keycode. The Control-C keypress\n"
-"cannot be read with this function.");
+"\'\\xe0\'; the next call will return the keycode.\n"
+"When pressed while this function is waiting for input, Control-C can be\n"
+"read as b\'\\x03\' without invoking the signal.SIGINT handler.");
 
 #define MSVCRT_GETCH_METHODDEF    \
     {"getch", (PyCFunction)msvcrt_getch, METH_NOARGS, msvcrt_getch__doc__},
@@ -743,4 +744,4 @@ msvcrt_SetErrorMode(PyObject *module, PyObject *arg)
 #ifndef MSVCRT_GETERRORMODE_METHODDEF
     #define MSVCRT_GETERRORMODE_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(MSVCRT_GETERRORMODE_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=58c1771c8b9a209b input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=db004ea2187c98cc input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/PC/msvcrtmodule.c b/PC/msvcrtmodule.c
index 868650dd31d9a1..e6beb14e8f2259 100644
--- a/PC/msvcrtmodule.c
+++ b/PC/msvcrtmodule.c
@@ -227,13 +227,14 @@ Read a keypress and return the resulting character as a byte string.
 Nothing is echoed to the console. This call will block if a keypress is
 not already available, but will not wait for Enter to be pressed. If the
 pressed key was a special function key, this will return '\000' or
-'\xe0'; the next call will return the keycode. The Control-C keypress
-cannot be read with this function.
+'\xe0'; the next call will return the keycode.
+When pressed while this function is waiting for input, Control-C can be
+read as b'\x03' without invoking the signal.SIGINT handler.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static int
 msvcrt_getch_impl(PyObject *module)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=a4e51f0565064a7d input=37a40cf0ed0d1153]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=a4e51f0565064a7d input=5c91f51ac2355241]*/
 {
     int ch;