diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index 7d3d003..8390d02 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         """Get object info as formatted text"""
         return self.object_inspect_mime(oname, detail_level)['text/plain']
 
-    def object_inspect_mime(self, oname, detail_level=0, omit_sections={}):
+    def object_inspect_mime(self, oname, detail_level=0, omit_sections=()):
         """Get object info as a mimebundle of formatted representations.
 
         A mimebundle is a dictionary, keyed by mime-type.
diff --git a/IPython/core/oinspect.py b/IPython/core/oinspect.py
index 74b3cc9..3f12d51 100644
--- a/IPython/core/oinspect.py
+++ b/IPython/core/oinspect.py
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class Inspector(Colorable):
         return bundle
 
     def _get_info(
-        self, obj, oname="", formatter=None, info=None, detail_level=0, omit_sections={}
+        self, obj, oname="", formatter=None, info=None, detail_level=0, omit_sections=()
     ):
         """Retrieve an info dict and format it.
 
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ class Inspector(Colorable):
             already computed information
         detail_level: integer
             Granularity of detail level, if set to 1, give more information.
-        omit_sections: set[str]
-            Titles or keys to omit from output
+        omit_sections: container[str]
+            Titles or keys to omit from output (can be set, tuple, etc., anything supporting `in`)
         """
 
         info = self._info(obj, oname=oname, info=info, detail_level=detail_level)
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class Inspector(Colorable):
         info=None,
         detail_level=0,
         enable_html_pager=True,
-        omit_sections={},
+        omit_sections=(),
     ):
         """Show detailed information about an object.