diff --git a/doc/source/AUTHORS b/doc/source/AUTHORS
index 09733889..1ef3eab7 100644
--- a/doc/source/AUTHORS
+++ b/doc/source/AUTHORS
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Chronological list of authors
   - Cédric Bouysset
 2022
   - Florent Langenfeld
+  - Kavya Bisht
   - Bjarne Feddersen
   - Mark Verma
   - Patricio Barletta
diff --git a/doc/source/contributing_code.rst b/doc/source/contributing_code.rst
index 65bc8c98..447ac93c 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributing_code.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributing_code.rst
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ A typical function docstring looks like the following:
 
     ::
 
-        def func(arg1, arg2):
+        def func(arg1, arg2, arg3):
             """Summary line.
 
             Extended description of function.
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ A typical function docstring looks like the following:
                 Description of `arg1`
             arg2 : str
                 Description of `arg2`
+            arg3 : list[int]
+                Description of `arg3`
 
 
             Returns
@@ -761,6 +763,18 @@ A typical function docstring looks like the following:
             """
             return True
 
+.. note::
+    
+    While MDAnalysis continues to support Python versions under 3.9,
+    type hinting should follow the syntax first laid out in
+    `PEP 484 – Type Hints <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/>`_.
+    However, as shown in the example above, function **documentation**
+    should follow the type hinting recommendations laid out in
+    `PEP 585 – Type Hinting Generics In Standard Collections <https://peps.python.org/pep-0585/>`_.
+    That means that for now, type hinting should still import from ``typing``
+    and a dictionary would still be hinted as ``Dict[Tuple[str, str], int]``.
+    However, the corresponding docstring would describe the argument as ``dict[tuple[str, str], int]``.
+
 .. seealso::
 
     The `napoleon documentation <https://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_numpy.html>`_ has further breakdowns of docstrings at the module, function, class, method, variable, and other levels.