Merge pull request #10144 from pytest-dev/backport-10143-to-7.1.x

Author: nicoddemus

doc/en/how-to/monkeypatch.rst

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ functionality in tests:
     monkeypatch.delenv(name, raising=True)
     monkeypatch.syspath_prepend(path)
     monkeypatch.chdir(path)
+    monkeypatch.context()
 
 All modifications will be undone after the requesting
 test function or fixture has finished. The ``raising``
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ during a test.
 5. Use :py:meth:`monkeypatch.syspath_prepend <MonkeyPatch.syspath_prepend>` to modify ``sys.path`` which will also
 call ``pkg_resources.fixup_namespace_packages`` and :py:func:`importlib.invalidate_caches`.
 
+6. Use :py:meth:`monkeypatch.context <MonkeyPatch.context>` to apply patches only in a specific scope, which can help
+control teardown of complex fixtures or patches to the stdlib.
+
 See the `monkeypatch blog post`_ for some introduction material
 and a discussion of its motivation.