diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index f33b73238ec8b3..a927a0049db730 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2329,6 +2329,17 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    after the separator.  If the separator is not found, return a 3-tuple containing
    the string itself, followed by two empty strings.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.partition(' ')
+      ('Monty', ' ', 'Python')
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.partition('-')
+      ('Monty Python', '', '')
+
+    See also :meth:`rpartition`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.removeprefix(prefix, /)