diff --git a/qiskit/circuit/library/__init__.py b/qiskit/circuit/library/__init__.py
index 4125c76b1e65..8ca693d15d3f 100644
--- a/qiskit/circuit/library/__init__.py
+++ b/qiskit/circuit/library/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@
    circuit.append(gate, [0, 1, 4, 2, 3])
    circuit.draw('mpl')
 
-The library is organized in several sections.
+The library is organized in several sections. The function 
+:func:`.get_standard_gate_name_mapping` allows you to see the available standard gates and operations.
+
+.. autofunction:: get_standard_gate_name_mapping
+
 
 Standard gates
 ==============
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@
    ZGate
    GlobalPhaseGate
 
+
 Standard Directives
 ===================
 
@@ -605,3 +610,4 @@
 from .grover_operator import GroverOperator, grover_operator
 from .phase_oracle import PhaseOracle
 from .overlap import UnitaryOverlap, unitary_overlap
+from .standard_gates import get_standard_gate_name_mapping
diff --git a/qiskit/circuit/library/standard_gates/__init__.py b/qiskit/circuit/library/standard_gates/__init__.py
index 19a2bf770da2..be0e9dd04449 100644
--- a/qiskit/circuit/library/standard_gates/__init__.py
+++ b/qiskit/circuit/library/standard_gates/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,26 @@
 
 def get_standard_gate_name_mapping():
     """Return a dictionary mapping the name of standard gates and instructions to an object for
-    that name."""
+    that name.
+
+    Examples:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            from qiskit.circuit.library import get_standard_gate_name_mapping
+
+            gate_name_map = get_standard_gate_name_mapping()
+            cx_object = gate_name_map["cx"]
+
+            print(cx_object)
+            print(type(cx_object))
+
+        .. code-block:: text
+
+            Instruction(name='cx', num_qubits=2, num_clbits=0, params=[])
+            _SingletonCXGate
+    """
+
     from qiskit.circuit.parameter import Parameter
     from qiskit.circuit.measure import Measure
     from qiskit.circuit.delay import Delay