diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 0f20163e695..55434b85243 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2570,6 +2570,19 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    done using the specified *fillchar* (default is an ASCII space). The
    original string is returned if *width* is less than or equal to ``len(s)``.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Python'.rjust(10)
+      '    Python'
+      >>> 'Python'.rjust(10, '.')
+      '....Python'
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.rjust(10, '.')
+      'Monty Python'
+
+   See also :meth:`ljust` and :meth:`zfill`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.rpartition(sep, /)
 
@@ -2871,13 +2884,17 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    than before. The original string is returned if *width* is less than
    or equal to ``len(s)``.
 
-   For example::
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
 
       >>> "42".zfill(5)
       '00042'
       >>> "-42".zfill(5)
       '-0042'
 
+   See also :meth:`rjust`.
+
 
 .. index::
    single: ! formatted string literal