diff --git a/docs/classes.rst b/docs/classes.rst
index 78b4bc04..7e88cefb 100644
--- a/docs/classes.rst
+++ b/docs/classes.rst
@@ -96,3 +96,8 @@ Indenter
 
 .. autoclass:: lark.indenter.Indenter
 .. autoclass:: lark.indenter.PythonIndenter
+
+TextSlice
+---------
+
+.. autoclass:: lark.utils.TextSlice
diff --git a/lark/lark.py b/lark/lark.py
index 0f3caf91..4d8c99c6 100644
--- a/lark/lark.py
+++ b/lark/lark.py
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ def parse_interactive(self, text: Optional[TextOrSlice]=None, start: Optional[st
         """Start an interactive parsing session.
 
         Parameters:
-            text (str, optional): Text to be parsed. Required for ``resume_parse()``.
+            text (TextOrSlice, optional): Text to be parsed. Required for ``resume_parse()``.
             start (str, optional): Start symbol
 
         Returns:
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ def parse(self, text: TextOrSlice, start: Optional[str]=None, on_error: 'Optiona
         """Parse the given text, according to the options provided.
 
         Parameters:
-            text (str): Text to be parsed.
+            text (TextOrSlice): Text to be parsed.
             start (str, optional): Required if Lark was given multiple possible start symbols (using the start option).
             on_error (function, optional): if provided, will be called on UnexpectedToken error. Return true to resume parsing.
                 LALR only. See examples/advanced/error_handling.py for an example of how to use on_error.
diff --git a/lark/utils.py b/lark/utils.py
index a9ddeb5e..51d40d45 100644
--- a/lark/utils.py
+++ b/lark/utils.py
@@ -163,6 +163,30 @@ def get_regexp_width(expr: str) -> Union[Tuple[int, int], List[int]]:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class TextSlice(Generic[AnyStr]):
+    """A view of a string or bytes object, between the start and end indices.
+
+    Never creates a copy.
+
+    Lark accepts instances of TextSlice as input (instead of a string),
+    when the lexer is 'basic' or 'contextual'.
+
+    Args:
+        text (str or bytes): The text to slice.
+        start (int): The start index. Negative indices are supported.
+        end (int): The end index. Negative indices are supported.
+
+    Raises:
+        TypeError: If `text` is not a `str` or `bytes`.
+        AssertionError: If `start` or `end` are out of bounds.
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> TextSlice("Hello, World!", 7, -1)
+        TextSlice(text='Hello, World!', start=7, end=12)
+
+        >>> TextSlice("Hello, World!", 7, None).count("o")
+        1
+
+    """
     text: AnyStr
     start: int
     end: int