diff --git a/Modules/md5module.c b/Modules/md5module.c
index 8ca23863545..6c9f2c68863 100644
--- a/Modules/md5module.c
+++ b/Modules/md5module.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ Methods:\n\
 \n\
 update() -- updates the current digest with an additional string\n\
 digest() -- return the current digest value\n\
+hexdigest() -- return the current digest as a string of hexadecimal digits\n\
 copy() -- return a copy of the current md5 object");
 
 static PyTypeObject MD5type = {