diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 90683c0b00d78a..8ce7b4335a0472 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1927,10 +1927,16 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
``{}``. Each replacement field contains either the numeric index of a
positional argument, or the name of a keyword argument. Returns a copy of
the string where each replacement field is replaced with the string value of
- the corresponding argument.
+ the corresponding argument. For example:
+
+ .. doctest::
>>> "The sum of 1 + 2 is {0}".format(1+2)
'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'
+ >>> "The sum of {a} + {b} is {answer}".format(answer=1+2, a=1, b=2)
+ 'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'
+ >>> "{1} expects the {0} Inquisition!".format("Spanish", "Nobody")
+ 'Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!'
See :ref:`formatstrings` for a description of the various formatting options
that can be specified in format strings.
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