diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index 39a2349d..a3ced659 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ filled_dict.values() #=> [3, 2, 1]
filled_dict["four"] #=> KeyError
# Use get method to avoid the KeyError
+filled_dict.get("one") #=> 1
+filled_dict.get("four") #=> None
+
+# The get method supports a default argument when the value is missing
filled_dict.get("one", 4) #=> 1
filled_dict.get("four", 4) #=> 4