diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst
index 52c44928153337..b24e4da7bc8c07 100644
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ The :mod:`!glob` module defines the following functions:
       This function may return duplicate path names if *pathname*
       contains multiple "``**``" patterns and *recursive* is true.
 
+   .. note::
+      Any :exc:`OSError` exceptions raised from scanning the filesystem are
+      suppressed. This includes :exc:`PermissionError` when accessing
+      directories without read permission.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       Support for recursive globs using "``**``".
 
@@ -106,6 +111,11 @@ The :mod:`!glob` module defines the following functions:
       This function may return duplicate path names if *pathname*
       contains multiple "``**``" patterns and *recursive* is true.
 
+   .. note::
+      Any :exc:`OSError` exceptions raised from scanning the filesystem are
+      suppressed. This includes :exc:`PermissionError` when accessing
+      directories without read permission.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       Support for recursive globs using "``**``".
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-04-02-07-20-00.gh-issue-146646.GlobDoc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-04-02-07-20-00.gh-issue-146646.GlobDoc1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4bae68995c4ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-04-02-07-20-00.gh-issue-146646.GlobDoc1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Document that :func:`glob.glob` and :func:`glob.iglob` silently suppress
+:exc:`OSError` exceptions raised from scanning the filesystem.