Example of pad_to_multiple_of for padding and truncation guide & docstring update
diff --git a/docs/source/en/pad_truncation.mdx b/docs/source/en/pad_truncation.mdx
index f848e23bed502..8862e0be008de 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/pad_truncation.mdx
+++ b/docs/source/en/pad_truncation.mdx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The following table summarizes the recommended way to setup padding and truncati
 |                                      |                                   | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, padding='longest')`                                        |
 |                                      | padding to max model input length | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, padding='max_length')`                                     |
 |                                      | padding to specific length        | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, padding='max_length', max_length=42)`                      |
+|                                      | padding to a multiple of a value  | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, padding=True, pad_to_multiple_of=8)                        |
 | truncation to max model input length | no padding                        | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, truncation=True)` or                                       |
 |                                      |                                   | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, truncation=STRATEGY)`                                      |
 |                                      | padding to max sequence in batch  | `tokenizer(batch_sentences, padding=True, truncation=True)` or                         |
diff --git a/src/transformers/tokenization_utils_base.py b/src/transformers/tokenization_utils_base.py
index eb52ef0adb28a..66164c27788c8 100644
--- a/src/transformers/tokenization_utils_base.py
+++ b/src/transformers/tokenization_utils_base.py
@@ -1342,8 +1342,9 @@ def all_special_ids(self) -> List[int]:
                 tokenizer assumes the input is already split into words (for instance, by splitting it on whitespace)
                 which it will tokenize. This is useful for NER or token classification.
             pad_to_multiple_of (`int`, *optional*):
-                If set will pad the sequence to a multiple of the provided value. This is especially useful to enable
-                the use of Tensor Cores on NVIDIA hardware with compute capability `>= 7.5` (Volta).
+                If set will pad the sequence to a multiple of the provided value. Requires `padding` to be activated.
+                This is especially useful to enable the use of Tensor Cores on NVIDIA hardware with compute capability
+                `>= 7.5` (Volta).
             return_tensors (`str` or [`~utils.TensorType`], *optional*):
                 If set, will return tensors instead of list of python integers. Acceptable values are:
 

This PR adds a minor update to the docs as previously it was not clear that `pad_to_multiple_of` has to be used with `padding=True`.
Based on https://huggingface.slack.com/archives/C027NLU6CE9/p1679325764920509
