-SOCKET (which must be connected). ARGS are passed onto
-SB-SYS:MAKE-FD-STREAM."))
-
-(defmethod socket-make-stream ((socket socket) &rest args)
+SOCKET \(which must be connected\). Specify whether the stream is for
+INPUT, OUTPUT, or both \(it is an error to specify neither\). ELEMENT-TYPE
+and EXTERNAL-FORMAT are as per OPEN. TIMEOUT specifies a read timeout
+for the stream."))
+
+(defmethod socket-make-stream ((socket socket)
+ &key input output
+ (element-type 'character)
+ (buffering :full)
+ (external-format :default)
+ timeout)
+ "Default method for SOCKET objects. An ELEMENT-TYPE of :DEFAULT
+will construct a bivalent stream. Acceptable values for BUFFERING
+are :FULL, :LINE and :NONE. Streams will have no TIMEOUT
+by default.
+ The stream for SOCKET will be cached, and a second invocation of this
+method will return the same stream. This may lead to oddities if this
+function is invoked with inconsistent arguments \(e.g., one might request
+an input stream and get an output stream in response\)."