diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index b7af0d2f4..d96a9c830 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ S3method(str,sfc)
 S3method(summary,sfc)
 S3method(t,sgbp)
 S3method(text,sf)
+S3method(text,sfc)
 S3method(transform,sf)
 S3method(vec_cast.sfc,default)
 S3method(vec_cast.sfc,sfc)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e8f99ebdb..8c25b3ddc 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # version 1.0-17
 
-* `text.sf()` adds labels to base plots at geometry centroids; #2399
+* `text.sf()` and `text.sfc()` add labels to base plots at geometry centroids; #2399
 
 * `st_sf()` no longer strips `tbl` or `tbl_df` class labels; #2378
 
diff --git a/man/plot.Rd b/man/plot.Rd
index fd80abf2a..1a832e42f 100644
--- a/man/plot.Rd
+++ b/man/plot.Rd
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 \alias{plot_sf}
 \alias{sf.colors}
 \alias{text.sf}
+\alias{text.sfc}
 \title{plot sf object}
 \usage{
 \method{plot}{sf}(
@@ -155,7 +156,9 @@ plot_sf(
 
 sf.colors(n = 10, cutoff.tails = c(0.35, 0.2), alpha = 1, categorical = FALSE)
 
-\method{text}{sf}(x, labels = row.names(x), ..., of_largest_polygon = FALSE)
+\method{text}{sf}(x, labels = row.names(x), ...)
+
+\method{text}{sfc}(x, labels = seq_along(x), ..., of_largest_polygon = FALSE)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{x}{object of class sf}