diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 0f20163e69509c..b8c079faa93d6d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2180,7 +2180,18 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    Return ``True`` if all characters in the string are alphanumeric and there is at
    least one character, ``False`` otherwise.  A character ``c`` is alphanumeric if one
    of the following returns ``True``: ``c.isalpha()``, ``c.isdecimal()``,
-   ``c.isdigit()``, or ``c.isnumeric()``.
+   ``c.isdigit()``, or ``c.isnumeric()``. For example::
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'abc123'.isalnum()
+      True
+      >>> 'abc123!@#'.isalnum()
+      False
+      >>> ''.isalnum()
+      False
+      >>> ' '.isalnum()
+      False
 
 
 .. method:: str.isalpha()
@@ -2472,6 +2483,19 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    after the separator.  If the separator is not found, return a 3-tuple containing
    the string itself, followed by two empty strings.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.partition(' ')
+      ('Monty', ' ', 'Python')
+      >>> "Monty Python's Flying Circus".partition(' ')
+      ('Monty', ' ', "Python's Flying Circus")
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.partition('-')
+      ('Monty Python', '', '')
+
+   See also :meth:`rpartition`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.removeprefix(prefix, /)