diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst
index 17445b1963..6c230ca56d 100644
--- a/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,24 @@ There are two ways to ensure this:
      the :confval:`autodoc_mock_imports` setting.
 
 
+Using native modules instead of type stubs
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Starting with Sphinx 9.1, autodoc may use a neighboring ``.pyi`` type stub
+when importing a module. For native extension modules whose documentation is
+available only on the runtime objects, set the
+``SPHINX_AUTODOC_IGNORE_NATIVE_MODULE_TYPE_STUBS`` environment variable
+to a non-empty value to make autodoc import the native module directly:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   $ SPHINX_AUTODOC_IGNORE_NATIVE_MODULE_TYPE_STUBS=1 sphinx-build ...
+
+On Windows, set the variable in the shell before running
+the :program:`sphinx-build` command.
+
+.. versionadded:: 9.1
+
 Usage
 ^^^^^