diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 7a0cf230267..dc3a8143cc9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2930,7 +2930,8 @@ This object is used by extended slice notation (see :ref:`slicings`).  It
 supports no special operations.  There is exactly one ellipsis object, named
 :const:`Ellipsis` (a built-in name).
 
-It is written as ``Ellipsis`` or ``...``.
+It is written as ``Ellipsis``.  When in a subscript, it can also be written as
+``...``, for example ``seq[...]``.
 
 
 The NotImplemented Object