diff --git a/docs/x509/verification.rst b/docs/x509/verification.rst
index 9524a79f29d3..6afc75f289e5 100644
--- a/docs/x509/verification.rst
+++ b/docs/x509/verification.rst
@@ -15,19 +15,74 @@ or chain building.
 Example usage, with `certifi <https://pypi.org/project/certifi/>`_ providing
 the root of trust:
 
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    from cryptography.x509 import Certificate, DNSName, load_pem_x509_certificates
-    from cryptography.x509.verification import PolicyBuilder, Store
-    import certifi
-
-    with open(certifi.where(), "rb") as pems:
-        store = Store(load_pem_x509_certificates(pems.read()))
-
-    builder = PolicyBuilder().store(store)
-    verifier = builder().build_server_verifier(DNSName("cryptography.io"))
-
-    chain = verifier.verify(peer, untrusted_intermediates)
+.. testsetup::
+
+    from cryptography.x509 import load_pem_x509_certificate, load_pem_x509_certificates
+    from datetime import datetime
+
+    peer = load_pem_x509_certificate(b"""
+    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+    MIIDgTCCAwegAwIBAgISBJUzlK20QGqPf5xI0aoE8OIBMAoGCCqGSM49BAMDMDIx
+    CzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRYwFAYDVQQKEw1MZXQncyBFbmNyeXB0MQswCQYDVQQDEwJF
+    MTAeFw0yMzExMjIyMDUyNDBaFw0yNDAyMjAyMDUyMzlaMBoxGDAWBgNVBAMTD2Ny
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+    AAABi/kFXv4AAAQDAEgwRgIhAI9uF526YzU/DEfpmWRA28fn9gryrWMUCXQnEejQ
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+    -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+    """
+    )
+
+    untrusted_intermediates = load_pem_x509_certificates(b"""
+    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+    MIICxjCCAk2gAwIBAgIRALO93/inhFu86QOgQTWzSkUwCgYIKoZIzj0EAwMwTzEL
+    MAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxKTAnBgNVBAoTIEludGVybmV0IFNlY3VyaXR5IFJlc2VhcmNo
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+    -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+    """)
+
+    verification_time = datetime.fromisoformat("2024-01-12T00:00:00Z")
+
+.. doctest::
+
+    >>> from cryptography.x509 import Certificate, DNSName, load_pem_x509_certificates
+    >>> from cryptography.x509.verification import PolicyBuilder, Store
+    >>> import certifi
+    >>> from datetime import datetime
+    >>> with open(certifi.where(), "rb") as pems:
+    ...    store = Store(load_pem_x509_certificates(pems.read()))
+    >>> builder = PolicyBuilder().store(store)
+    >>> builder = builder.time(verification_time)
+    >>> verifier = builder.build_server_verifier(DNSName("cryptography.io"))
+    >>> # NOTE: peer and untrusted_intermediates are Certificate and
+    >>> #       list[Certificate] respectively, and should be loaded from the
+    >>> #       application context that needs them verified, such as a
+    >>> #       TLS socket.
+    >>> chain = verifier.verify(peer, untrusted_intermediates)
 
 .. class:: Store(certs)