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diff --git a/include/ruby/io.h b/include/ruby/io.h
index b91ecd00cb..bb3bb9cd53 100644
--- a/include/ruby/io.h
+++ b/include/ruby/io.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
// IO#wait, IO#wait_readable, IO#wait_writable, IO#wait_priority are defined by this implementation.
#define RUBY_IO_WAIT_METHODS
+// Used as the default timeout argument to `rb_io_wait` to use the `IO#timeout` value.
+#define RUBY_IO_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT Qundef
+
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN()
struct stat;
@@ -884,6 +887,8 @@ VALUE rb_io_set_timeout(VALUE io, VALUE timeout);
* @param[in] io An IO object to wait.
* @param[in] events See above.
* @param[in] timeout Time, or numeric seconds since UNIX epoch.
+ * If Qnil, wait forever. If Qundef, use the
+ * default timeout.
* @exception rb_eIOError `io` is not open.
* @exception rb_eRangeError `timeout` is out of range.
* @exception rb_eSystemCallError `select(2)` failed for some reason.