diff --git a/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py b/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py
index 61aa5e017..a1c39576e 100644
--- a/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py
+++ b/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ class RESTStream(Stream, t.Generic[_TToken], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
 
     _page_size: int = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
     _requests_session: requests.Session | None
+
+    #: HTTP method to use for requests. Defaults to "GET".
     rest_method = "GET"
 
     #: JSONPath expression to extract records from the API response.