diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index a01ed17f9ec6d6..59cfa136a3b7da 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -266,8 +266,11 @@ Server Objects
 
    .. attribute:: address_family
 
-      The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.
-      Common examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET` and :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.
+      The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.  Common
+      examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET`, :const:`socket.AF_INET6`, and
+      :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.  Subclass the TCP or UDP server classes in this
+      module with class attribute ``address_family = AF_INET6`` set if you
+      want IPv6 server classes.
 
 
    .. attribute:: RequestHandlerClass