diff --git a/docs/utilities/parser.md b/docs/utilities/parser.md
index a9fc26f3d3..10a0a9077b 100644
--- a/docs/utilities/parser.md
+++ b/docs/utilities/parser.md
@@ -106,13 +106,15 @@ You can extend every built-in schema to include your own schema, and yet have al
 === "Example payload"
 
     ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/examplePayload.json"
+    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/samples/examplePayload.json"
     ```
 
+### JSON stringified payloads
+
 If you want to extend a schema and transform a JSON stringified payload to an object, you can use helper function `JSONStringified`:
 
 === "AlbSchema with JSONStringified"
-    ```typescript hl_lines="12"
+    ```typescript hl_lines="11"
     --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/extendAlbSchema.ts"
     ```
 
@@ -121,20 +123,34 @@ If you want to extend a schema and transform a JSON stringified payload to an ob
 === "ALB example payload"
 
     ```json hl_lines="26"
-    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/exampleAlbPayload.json"
+    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAlbPayload.json"
+    ```
+
+=== "APIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema with JSONStringified"
+    ```typescript hl_lines="6"
+    --8<--
+     examples/snippets/parser/extendAPIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.ts::4
+     examples/snippets/parser/extendAPIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.ts:6:
+    --8<--
+    ```
+
+    1. This is compatible also with API Gateway REST API schemas
+
+=== "API Gateway HTTP API example payload"
+
+    ```json hl_lines="39"
+    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAPIGatewayProxyEventV2.json"
     ```
 
 === "SQS Schema with JSONStringified"
-    ```typescript hl_lines="23-25 30 34"
+    ```typescript hl_lines="16"
     --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/extendSqsSchema.ts"
     ```
 
-    1. make sure to set your schema to the correct key in the JSON payload
-
 === "SQS example payload"
 
     ```json hl_lines="6 28"
-    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/exampleSqsPayload.json"
+    --8<-- "examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleSqsPayload.json"
     ```
 
 ## Envelopes
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/extendAPIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.ts b/examples/snippets/parser/extendAPIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7282564a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/snippets/parser/extendAPIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { JSONStringified } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/helpers';
+import { APIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas/api-gatewayv2';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+// biome-ignore format: we need the comment in the next line to stay there to annotate the code snippet in the docs
+const extendedSchema = APIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.extend({ // (1)!
+  body: JSONStringified(
+    z.object({
+      name: z.string(),
+      age: z.number(),
+    })
+  ),
+});
+type ExtendedAPIGatewayEvent = z.infer<typeof extendedSchema>;
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/extendAlbSchema.ts b/examples/snippets/parser/extendAlbSchema.ts
index 8e3a62ce42..ed7c8cf35b 100644
--- a/examples/snippets/parser/extendAlbSchema.ts
+++ b/examples/snippets/parser/extendAlbSchema.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { JSONStringified } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/helpers';
-import { AlbSchema } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas';
+import { AlbSchema } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas/alb';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 const customSchema = z.object({
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ const customSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 const extendedSchema = AlbSchema.extend({
-  body: JSONStringified(customSchema), // (1)!
+  body: JSONStringified(customSchema),
 });
+
+type ExtendedAlbEvent = z.infer<typeof extendedSchema>;
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/extendSqsSchema.ts b/examples/snippets/parser/extendSqsSchema.ts
index f9a6ce11ac..0a1d36c072 100644
--- a/examples/snippets/parser/extendSqsSchema.ts
+++ b/examples/snippets/parser/extendSqsSchema.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { JSONStringified } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/helpers';
 import {
   SqsRecordSchema,
   SqsSchema,
-} from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas';
+} from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas/sqs';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 const customSchema = z.object({
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ const extendedSchema = SqsSchema.extend({
     })
   ),
 });
+
+type ExtendedSqsEvent = z.infer<typeof extendedSchema>;
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAPIGatewayProxyEventV2.json b/examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAPIGatewayProxyEventV2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3cbd7fc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAPIGatewayProxyEventV2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.0",
+  "routeKey": "POST /lambda",
+  "rawPath": "/lambda",
+  "rawQueryString": "",
+  "headers": {
+    "accept": "*/*",
+    "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
+    "authorization": "Bearer foo",
+    "content-length": "0",
+    "host": "lsw1ro4ipb.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com",
+    "user-agent": "HTTPie/3.2.2",
+    "x-amzn-trace-id": "Root=1-66705bc7-2b4257df30cbee696ef2cf28",
+    "x-forwarded-for": "15.248.3.126",
+    "x-forwarded-port": "443",
+    "x-forwarded-proto": "https"
+  },
+  "requestContext": {
+    "accountId": "123456789012",
+    "apiId": "lsw1ro4ipb",
+    "authorizer": {
+      "lambda": null
+    },
+    "domainName": "lsw1ro4ipb.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com",
+    "domainPrefix": "lsw1ro4ipb",
+    "http": {
+      "method": "POST",
+      "path": "/lambda",
+      "protocol": "HTTP/1.1",
+      "sourceIp": "15.248.3.126",
+      "userAgent": "HTTPie/3.2.2"
+    },
+    "requestId": "ZhNHJhhLjoEEPiw=",
+    "routeKey": "POST /lambda",
+    "stage": "$default",
+    "time": "17/Jun/2024:15:52:39 +0000",
+    "timeEpoch": 1718639559080
+  },
+  "body": "{\"name\":\"John\",\"age\":42}",
+  "isBase64Encoded": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/exampleAlbPayload.json b/examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAlbPayload.json
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/snippets/parser/exampleAlbPayload.json
rename to examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleAlbPayload.json
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/examplePayload.json b/examples/snippets/parser/samples/examplePayload.json
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/snippets/parser/examplePayload.json
rename to examples/snippets/parser/samples/examplePayload.json
diff --git a/examples/snippets/parser/exampleSqsPayload.json b/examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleSqsPayload.json
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/snippets/parser/exampleSqsPayload.json
rename to examples/snippets/parser/samples/exampleSqsPayload.json
diff --git a/packages/parser/src/helpers.ts b/packages/parser/src/helpers.ts
index 39cd29a019..10915620d7 100644
--- a/packages/parser/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/parser/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 import { type ZodTypeAny, z } from 'zod';
+/**
+ * @typedef {import('../schemas/alb').AlbSchema} AlbSchema
+ */
 
 /**
  * A helper function to parse a JSON string and validate it against a schema.
- * Use it for built-in schemas like `AlbSchema`, `ApiGatewaySchema`, etc. to extend them with your customer schema.
+ *
+ * Use it for built-in schemas like `AlbSchema`, `ApiGatewaySchema`, etc. that have some fields that are JSON stringified
+ * and extend them with your custom schema.
+ *
+ * For example, if you have an event with a JSON stringified body similar to the following:
+ *
+ * ```json
+ * {
+ *   // ... other fields
+ *   "body": "{\"name\": \"John\", \"age\": 30}",
+ *   "isBase64Encoded": false,
+ * }
+ * ```
+ *
+ * You can extend any built-in schema with your custom schema using the `JSONStringified` helper function.
  *
  * @example
  * ```typescript
  * import { JSONStringified } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/helpers';
- * import { AlbSchema } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas';
+ * import { AlbSchema } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/parser/schemas/alb';
  * import { z } from 'zod';
  *
  * const customSchema = z.object({
@@ -19,6 +36,7 @@ import { type ZodTypeAny, z } from 'zod';
  *   body: JSONStringified(customSchema),
  * });
  *
+ * type ExtendedAlbEvent = z.infer<typeof extendedSchema>;
  * ```
  *
  * @param schema - The schema to validate the JSON string against
diff --git a/packages/parser/typedoc.json b/packages/parser/typedoc.json
index 5a14ab2b5f..bda7b8332e 100644
--- a/packages/parser/typedoc.json
+++ b/packages/parser/typedoc.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     "./src/middleware/parser.ts",
     "./src/types/index.ts",
     "./src/envelopes/index.ts",
-    "./src/schemas/index.ts"
+    "./src/schemas/index.ts",
+    "./src/helpers.ts"
   ],
   "readme": "README.md"
 }