diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index 5173decb2b2ef9..c92d4af0646a7d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ provides three different variants:
    .. attribute:: path
 
       Contains the request path.
+      If a query is present (a part that starts with ``?``),
+      then that is also included in this attribute.
+      Thus using the terminology of :rfc:`3986`,
+      ``path`` here includes the ``hier-part`` and the ``query``.
 
    .. attribute:: request_version