diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memoryview.rst b/Doc/c-api/memoryview.rst
index f6038032805259..e4ac8b57673407 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memoryview.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memoryview.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ A :class:`memoryview` object exposes the C level :ref:`buffer interface
 any other object.
 
 
+.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyMemoryView_Type
+
+   This instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python memoryview
+   type. This is the same object as :class:`memoryview` in the Python layer.
+
+
 .. c:function:: PyObject *PyMemoryView_FromObject(PyObject *obj)
 
    Create a memoryview object from an object that provides the buffer interface.