diff --git a/tensorflow/python/keras/backend.py b/tensorflow/python/keras/backend.py
index f83ed74c2f8..eccd3ba6ea9 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/keras/backend.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/keras/backend.py
@@ -240,14 +240,33 @@ def reset_uids():
 
 @keras_export('keras.backend.clear_session')
 def clear_session():
-  """Destroys the current TF graph and session, and creates a new one.
+  """Resets all state generated by Keras.
 
-  Calling clear_session() releases the global graph state that Keras is
-  holding on to; resets the counters used for naming layers and
-  variables in Keras; and resets the learning phase. This helps avoid clutter
-  from old models and layers, especially when memory is limited, and a
-  common use-case for clear_session is releasing memory when building models
-  and layers in a loop.
+  Keras manages a global state, which it uses to implement the Functional
+  model-building API and to uniquify autogenerated layer names.
+
+  If you are creating many models in a loop, this global state will consume
+  an increasing amount of memory over time, and you may want to clear it.
+  Calling `clear_session()` releases the global state: this helps avoid clutter
+  from old models and layers, especially when memory is limited.
+
+  Example 1: calling `clear_session()` when creating models in a loop
+
+  ```python
+  for _ in range(100):
+    # Without `clear_session()`, each iteration of this loop will
+    # slightly increase the size of the global state managed by Keras
+    model = tf.keras.Sequential([tf.keras.layers.Dense(10) for _ in range(10)])
+
+  for _ in range(100):
+    # With `clear_session()` called at the beginning,
+    # Keras starts with a blank state at each iteration
+    # and memory consumption is constant over time.
+    tf.keras.backend.clear_session()
+    model = tf.keras.Sequential([tf.keras.layers.Dense(10) for _ in range(10)])
+  ```
+
+  Example 2: resetting the layer name generation counter
 
   >>> import tensorflow as tf
   >>> layers = [tf.keras.layers.Dense(10) for _ in range(10)]
@@ -261,8 +280,6 @@ def clear_session():
   >>> new_layer = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)
   >>> print(new_layer.name)
   dense
-  >>> print(tf.keras.backend.learning_phase())
-  0
   """
   global _SESSION
   global _GRAPH_LEARNING_PHASES  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned