diff --git a/stdlib/Random/src/normal.jl b/stdlib/Random/src/normal.jl
index bbc1b03e50b5d..9f663495c1c20 100644
--- a/stdlib/Random/src/normal.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Random/src/normal.jl
@@ -14,25 +14,51 @@
 
 Generate a normally-distributed random number of type `T`
 with mean 0 and standard deviation 1.
-Optionally generate an array of normally-distributed random numbers.
-The `Base` module currently provides an implementation for the types
-[`Float16`](@ref), [`Float32`](@ref), and [`Float64`](@ref) (the default), and their
-[`Complex`](@ref) counterparts. When the type argument is complex, the values are drawn
-from the circularly symmetric complex normal distribution of variance 1 (corresponding to real and imaginary part having independent normal distribution with mean zero and variance `1/2`).
+Given the optional `dims` argument(s), generate an array of size `dims` of such numbers.
+Julia's standard library supports `randn` for any floating-point type
+that implements [`rand`](@ref), e.g. the `Base` types
+[`Float16`](@ref), [`Float32`](@ref), [`Float64`](@ref) (the default), and [`BigFloat`](@ref),
+along with their [`Complex`](@ref) counterparts.
+
+(When `T` is complex, the values are drawn
+from the circularly symmetric complex normal distribution of variance 1, corresponding to real and imaginary parts
+having independent normal distribution with mean zero and variance `1/2`).
 
 See also [`randn!`](@ref) to act in-place.
 
 # Examples
+
+Generating a single random number (with the default `Float64` type):
+
+```julia-repl
+julia> randn()
+-0.942481877315864
+```
+
+Generating a matrix of normal random numbers (with the default `Float64` type):
+
+```julia-repl
+julia> randn(2,3)
+2×3 Matrix{Float64}:
+  1.18786   -0.678616   1.49463
+ -0.342792  -0.134299  -1.45005
+```
+
+Setting up of the random number generator `rng` with a user-defined seed (for reproducible numbers)
+and using it to generate a random `Float32` number or a matrix of `ComplexF32` random numbers:
+
 ```jldoctest
-julia> using Random; rng = Xoshiro(123);
+julia> using Random
+
+julia> rng = Xoshiro(123);
 
-julia> randn(rng, ComplexF64)
--0.45660053706486897 - 1.0346749725929225im
+julia> randn(rng, Float32)
+-0.6457307f0
 
 julia> randn(rng, ComplexF32, (2, 3))
 2×3 Matrix{ComplexF32}:
- -1.14806-0.153912im   0.056538+1.0954im      0.419454-0.543347im
-  0.34807+0.693657im  -0.948661+0.291442im  -0.0538589-0.463085im
+  -1.03467-1.14806im  0.693657+0.056538im   0.291442+0.419454im
+ -0.153912+0.34807im    1.0954-0.948661im  -0.543347-0.0538589im
 ```
 """
 @inline function randn(rng::AbstractRNG=default_rng())