#5324: document __subclasses__().
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 5500f4f..f3ff505 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2674,6 +2674,17 @@
The name of the class or type.
+
+.. method:: class.__subclasses__
+
+ :term:`New-style class`\ es keep a list of weak references to their immediate
+ subclasses. This method returns a list of all those references still alive.
+ Example::
+
+ >>> int.__subclasses__()
+ [<type 'bool'>]
+
+
.. rubric:: Footnotes
.. [#] Additional information on these special methods may be found in the Python