diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/index-client.js b/packages/svelte/src/index-client.js
index c76eacbf1b..d843426ce0 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/index-client.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/index-client.js
@@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ if (DEV) {
 	throw_rune_error('$bindable');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns an [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that aborts when the current [derived](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$derived) or [effect](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$effect) re-runs or is destroyed.
+ *
+ * Must be called while a derived or effect is running.
+ *
+ * ```svelte
+ * <script>
+ * 	import { getAbortSignal } from 'svelte';
+ *
+ * 	let { id } = $props();
+ *
+ * 	async function getData(id) {
+ * 		const response = await fetch(`/items/${id}`, {
+ * 			signal: getAbortSignal()
+ * 		});
+ *
+ * 		return await response.json();
+ * 	}
+ *
+ * 	const data = $derived(await getData(id));
+ * </script>
+ * ```
+ */
 export function getAbortSignal() {
 	if (active_reaction === null) {
 		throw new Error('TODO getAbortSignal can only be called inside a reaction');
diff --git a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
index e437bb6bab..63e2328101 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,29 @@ declare module 'svelte' {
 				 */
 				props: Props;
 			});
+	/**
+	 * Returns an [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that aborts when the current [derived](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$derived) or [effect](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$effect) re-runs or is destroyed.
+	 *
+	 * Must be called while a derived or effect is running.
+	 *
+	 * ```svelte
+	 * <script>
+	 * 	import { getAbortSignal } from 'svelte';
+	 *
+	 * 	let { id } = $props();
+	 *
+	 * 	async function getData(id) {
+	 * 		const response = await fetch(`/items/${id}`, {
+	 * 			signal: getAbortSignal()
+	 * 		});
+	 *
+	 * 		return await response.json();
+	 * 	}
+	 *
+	 * 	const data = $derived(await getData(id));
+	 * </script>
+	 * ```
+	 */
 	export function getAbortSignal(): AbortSignal;
 	/**
 	 * `onMount`, like [`$effect`](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$effect), schedules a function to run as soon as the component has been mounted to the DOM.