diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -4504,7 +4504,8 @@ can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry.
 
       Return the value for *key* if *key* is in the dictionary, else *default*.
       If *default* is not given, it defaults to ``None``, so that this method
-      never raises a :exc:`KeyError`.
+      never raises a :exc:`KeyError`. Note that :meth:`get` does not call
+      :meth:`__missing__` if value does not exist.
 
    .. method:: items()
 
@@ -4571,6 +4572,12 @@ can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry.
          >>> d.values() == d.values()
          False
 
+   .. method:: __missing__(key)
+
+      Not implemented by default. Called by :class:`dict`\ .\ :meth:`__getitem__`
-      Not implemented by default. Called by :class:`dict`\ .\ :meth:`__getitem__`
+      Not implemented by default. Called by :meth:`dict.__getitem__`
-      Not implemented by default. Called by :class:`dict`\ .\ :meth:`__getitem__`
+      Not implemented by default. Called by :meth:`dict.__getitem__`
+      to implement ``self[key]`` for dict subclasses when key is not in the
+      dictionary. See ``d[key]`` above.
+
    .. describe:: d | other
 
       Create a new dictionary with the merged keys and values of *d* and

@@ -2547,12 +2547,6 @@ through the object's keys; for sequences, it should iterate through the values.
    values as for the :meth:`__getitem__` method.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__missing__(self, key)
-
-   Called by :class:`dict`\ .\ :meth:`__getitem__` to implement ``self[key]`` for dict subclasses
-   when key is not in the dictionary.
-
-
 .. method:: object.__iter__(self)
 
    This method is called when an :term:`iterator` is required for a container.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-01-09-02-09-22.bpo-39267.GM-Czu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-01-09-02-09-22.bpo-39267.GM-Czu.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :meth:`__missing__` documentation. It is implemented only by
+:class:`dict` and not being used by :meth:`dict.get`. Patch by Bar Harel.
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		Fix :meth:`__missing__` documentation. It is implemented only by
		:class:`dict` and not being used by :meth:`dict.get`. Patch by Bar Harel.