diff --git a/Doc/library/site.rst b/Doc/library/site.rst
index f8b51bc86eb960..d49dee2876d87d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/site.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/site.rst
@@ -233,12 +233,19 @@ Module contents
    used in :mod:`sitecustomize` or :mod:`usercustomize` (see above).
 
 
-.. function:: getsitepackages()
+.. function:: getsitepackages(prefixes=None)
 
    Return a list containing all global site-packages directories.
 
+   For each directory present in *prefixes* (or :data:`PREFIXES` if *prefixes*
+   is ``None``), this function will find its site-packages subdirectory
+   depending on the system environment, and will return a list of full paths.
+
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+      Added the optional *prefixes* parameter.
+
 
 .. function:: getuserbase()