diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
index eb75d50ab3..43847cfd09 100644
--- a/docs/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -581,7 +581,20 @@ For example:
     $ pipenv run echospam "indeed"
     I am really a very silly example indeed
 
-You can then display the names and commands of your shortcuts by running ``pipenv scripts`` in your terminal.
+You can also specify pacakge functions as callables such as: ``<pathed.module>:<func>``. These can also take arguments.
+For exaple:
+
+.. code-block:: toml
+
+    [scripts]
+    my_func_with_args = {call = "package.module:func('arg1', 'arg2')"}
+    my_func_no_args = {call = "package.module:func()"}
+
+::
+    $ pipenv run my_func_with_args
+    $ pipenv run my_func_no_args
+
+You can display the names and commands of your shortcuts by running ``pipenv scripts`` in your terminal.
 
 ::
 
diff --git a/news/5396.doc.rst b/news/5396.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba10e37f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5396.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update pipenv docs for with example for callabale package functions in Pipfile scripts
diff --git a/pipenv/cmdparse.py b/pipenv/cmdparse.py
index 0056a09cd1..8ba461778a 100644
--- a/pipenv/cmdparse.py
+++ b/pipenv/cmdparse.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ def _parse_toml_inline_table(value: tomlkit.items.InlineTable) -> str:
     if cmd_key == "call":
         module, _, func = str(value["call"]).partition(":")
         if not module or not func:
-            raise ScriptParseError("Callable must be like: <pathed.module>:<func>")
+            raise ScriptParseError(
+                "Callable must be like: name = {call = \"package.module:func('arg')\"}"
+            )
         if re.search(r"\(.*?\)", func) is None:
             func += "()"
         return f'python -c "import {module} as _m; _m.{func}"'