diff --git a/doc/en/reference.rst b/doc/en/reference.rst
index 775dd556a..90140f09d 100644
--- a/doc/en/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/en/reference.rst
@@ -783,12 +783,19 @@ ExceptionInfo
     :members:
 
 
-pytest.ExitCode
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ExitCode
+~~~~~~~~
 
 .. autoclass:: _pytest.config.ExitCode
     :members:
 
+File
+~~~~
+
+.. autoclass:: _pytest.nodes.File()
+    :members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
 
 FixtureDef
 ~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/src/_pytest/nodes.py b/src/_pytest/nodes.py
index 560548aea..91cf7e5ac 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/nodes.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/nodes.py
@@ -604,7 +604,10 @@ class FSCollector(Collector):
 
 
 class File(FSCollector):
-    """ base class for collecting tests from a file. """
+    """Base class for collecting tests from a file.
+
+    :ref:`non-python tests`.
+    """
 
 
 class Item(Node):