diff --git a/setuptools/_shutil.py b/setuptools/_shutil.py
index ca6397343c..6acbb4281f 100644
--- a/setuptools/_shutil.py
+++ b/setuptools/_shutil.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def _auto_chmod(
 
 
 def rmtree(path, ignore_errors=False, onexc=_auto_chmod):
+    """
+    Similar to ``shutil.rmtree`` but automatically executes ``chmod``
+    for well know Windows failure scenarios.
+    """
     return py311.shutil_rmtree(path, ignore_errors, onexc)