diff --git a/sklearn/neighbors/_classification.py b/sklearn/neighbors/_classification.py
index 0f5bd1439f81c..7b1b2aa48a43e 100644
--- a/sklearn/neighbors/_classification.py
+++ b/sklearn/neighbors/_classification.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class KNeighborsClassifier(KNeighborsMixin, ClassifierMixin, NeighborsBase):
           array of distances, and returns an array of the same shape
           containing the weights.
 
+        Refer to the example entitled
+        :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_neighbors_plot_classification.py`
+        showing the impact of the `weights` parameter on the decision
+        boundary.
+
     algorithm : {'auto', 'ball_tree', 'kd_tree', 'brute'}, default='auto'
         Algorithm used to compute the nearest neighbors: