diff --git a/Doc/c-api/object.rst b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
index 84c72e7e108..0a12bb9e8c5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/object.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ Object Protocol
    If *o1* and *o2* are the same object, :c:func:`PyObject_RichCompareBool`
    will always return ``1`` for :const:`Py_EQ` and ``0`` for :const:`Py_NE`.
 
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_Format(PyObject *obj, PyObject *format_spec)
+
+   Format *obj* using *format_spec*. This is equivalent to the Python
+   expression ``format(obj, format_spec)``.
+
+   *format_spec* may be ``NULL``. In this case the call is equivalent
+   to ``format(obj)``.
+   Returns the formatted string on success, ``NULL`` on failure.
+
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_Repr(PyObject *o)
 
    .. index:: builtin: repr