diff --git a/django/utils/encoding.py b/django/utils/encoding.py
index b0872471c2d..15215849b2d 100644
--- a/django/utils/encoding.py
+++ b/django/utils/encoding.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def iri_to_uri(iri):
     return quote(force_bytes(iri), safe=b"/#%[]=:;$&()+,!?*@'~")
 
 def filepath_to_uri(path):
-    """Convert an file system path to a URI portion that is suitable for
+    """Convert a file system path to a URI portion that is suitable for
     inclusion in a URL.
 
     We are assuming input is either UTF-8 or unicode already.
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index bd3898172a7..2f12c3a96c8 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -305,6 +305,18 @@ The functions defined in this module share the following properties:
 
     Returns an ASCII string containing the encoded result.
 
+.. function:: filepath_to_uri(path)
+
+    Convert a file system path to a URI portion that is suitable for inclusion
+    in a URL. The path is assumed to be either UTF-8 or unicode.
+
+    This method will encode certain characters that would normally be
+    recognized as special characters for URIs.  Note that this method does not
+    encode the ' character, as it is a valid character within URIs. See
+    ``encodeURIComponent()`` JavaScript function for more details.
+
+    Returns an ASCII string containing the encoded result.
+
 ``django.utils.feedgenerator``
 ==============================