diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 3a5deaa1d692bd..423480e927c900 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3571,6 +3571,7 @@ features:
               os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
           for name in dirs:
               os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))
+      os.rmdir(top)
 
    .. audit-event:: os.walk top,topdown,onerror,followlinks os.walk