diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index a9b7662dcb212b..8c4fc53a2494ba 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2511,6 +2511,10 @@ The conversion types are:
 |            | character in the result.                            |       |
 +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
 
+For floating-point formats, the result should be correctly rounded to a given
+precision ``p`` of digits after the decimal point.  The rounding mode matches
+that of the :func:`round` builtin.
+
 Notes:
 
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