diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 9e5964c9ff..a76d325e0f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ dictionary syntax::
     >>> c['newvariable']
     'hello'
 
+.. method:: Context.get(key, otherwise=None)
+
+    Returns the value for ``key`` if ``key`` is in the context, else returns
+    ``otherwise``.
+
 .. method:: Context.pop()
 .. method:: Context.push()
 .. exception:: ContextPopException