diff --git a/pytools/__init__.py b/pytools/__init__.py
index fd915f3be06042c9649a6435f7e769afe739eb3d..8956a7325bb8c8e004274ab1b3b27c7d55f11aff 100644
--- a/pytools/__init__.py
+++ b/pytools/__init__.py
@@ -1486,6 +1486,13 @@ a_star = MovedFunctionDeprecationWrapper(a_star_moved)
 class Table:
     """An ASCII table generator.
 
+    :arg alignments: List of alignments of each column ('l', 'c', or 'r',
+        for left, center, and right alignment, respectively). Currently only used
+        by the `github_markdown` output formatter. Columns which have no alignment
+        specifier will use the last specified alignment. For example, with
+        `alignments=['l', 'r']`, the third and all following columns will use 'r'
+        alignment.
+
     .. automethod:: add_row
     .. automethod:: __str__
     .. automethod:: latex