diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 01e600c1c0ba9b..5f276c8d8e682a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -1121,7 +1121,9 @@ Cursor objects
 
    .. method:: fetchone()
 
-      Return the next row of a query result set as a :class:`tuple`.
+      If :attr:`~Connection.row_factory` is ``None``,
+      return the next row query result set as a :class:`tuple`.
+      Else, pass it to the row factory and return its result.
       Return ``None`` if no more data is available.