diff --git a/Doc/c-api/type.rst b/Doc/c-api/type.rst
index 2176b8e492f306..5bdbff4e0ad990 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/type.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/type.rst
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ Type Objects
    and other places where a method's defining class cannot be passed using the
    :c:type:`PyCMethod` calling convention.
 
+   The returned reference is :term:`borrowed <borrowed reference>` from *type*,
+   and will be valid as long as you hold a reference to *type*.
+   Do not release it with :c:func:`Py_DECREF` or similar.
+
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 
 .. c:function:: int PyType_GetBaseByToken(PyTypeObject *type, void *token, PyTypeObject **result)
diff --git a/Doc/data/refcounts.dat b/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
index f5f02f0a79c93d..99cc823c0c3772 100644
--- a/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
+++ b/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
@@ -2385,6 +2385,10 @@ PyType_GetFlags:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
 PyType_GetName:PyObject*::+1:
 PyType_GetName:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
 
+PyType_GetModuleByDef:PyObject*::0:
+PyType_GetModuleByDef:PyTypeObject*:type:0:
+PyType_GetModuleByDef:PyModuleDef*:def::
+
 PyType_GetQualName:PyObject*::+1:
 PyType_GetQualName:PyTypeObject*:type:0: