diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2398,6 +2398,14 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    Return a copy of the string with all occurrences of substring *old* replaced by
    *new*.  If *count* is given, only the first *count* occurrences are replaced.
    If *count* is not specified or ``-1``, then all occurrences are replaced.
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.replace('spam', 'eggs')
+      'eggs, eggs, eggs'
+      >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.replace('spam', 'eggs', 1)
+      'eggs, spam, spam'
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.13
       *count* is now supported as a keyword argument.