diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index ce0d7cbb2e4276..fbca076def9cd9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2735,6 +2735,21 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    test string beginning at that position.  With optional *end*, stop comparing
    string at that position.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Python'.startswith('Py')
+      True
+      >>> 'a tuple of prefixes'.startswith(('at', 'in'))
+      False
+      >>> 'a tuple of prefixes'.startswith(('at', 'a'))
+      True
+      >>> 'Python is amazing'.startswith('is', 7)
+      True
+
+   See also :meth:`endswith` and :meth:`removeprefix`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.strip(chars=None, /)