diff --git a/doc/src/manual/modules.md b/doc/src/manual/modules.md
index 9aaceea0c13fe..6b335305ac569 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/modules.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/modules.md
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ To mark a name as public without exporting it into the namespace of folks who ca
 one can use `public` instead of `export`. This marks the public name(s) as part of the public API,
 but does not have any namespace implications. The `public` keyword is only available in Julia 1.11
 and above. To maintain compatibility with Julia 1.10 and below, use the `@compat` macro from the
-[Compat](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl) package.
+[Compat](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl) package, or the version-aware construct
+
+```julia
+VERSION >= v"1.11.0-DEV.469" && eval(Meta.parse("public a, b, c"))
+```
 
 ### Standalone `using` and `import`