diff --git a/Doc/library/ast.rst b/Doc/library/ast.rst
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@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ Literals
 .. class:: Constant(value)
 
    A constant value. The ``value`` attribute of the ``Constant`` literal contains the
-   Python object it represents. The values represented can be simple types
-   such as a number, string or ``None``, but also immutable container types
-   (tuples and frozensets) if all of their elements are constant.
+   Python object it represents. The values represented can be instances of :class:`str`,
+   :class:`bytes`, :class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`complex`, and :class:`bool`,
+   and the constants :data:`None` and :data:`Ellipsis`.
 
    .. doctest::