diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 708a16e6bc8c94..01259757f680c1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -1534,6 +1534,7 @@ Creating files and directories
    symlink will be created to match. Otherwise, the symlink will be created
    as a directory if *target_is_directory* is true or a file symlink (the
    default) otherwise.  On non-Windows platforms, *target_is_directory* is ignored.
+   If the link or/and the target already exist, :exc:`FileExistsError` is raised.
 
    ::