diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 5722539b87aec..a4bb746722c1e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -547,6 +547,43 @@ def swapaxes(self, axis1, axis2, copy=True):
     def pop(self, item):
         """
         Return item and drop from frame. Raise KeyError if not found.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        item : str
+            Column label to be popped
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        popped : Series
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> df = pd.DataFrame([('falcon', 'bird',    389.0),
+        ...                    ('parrot', 'bird',     24.0),
+        ...                    ('lion',   'mammal',   80.5),
+        ...                    ('monkey', 'mammal', np.nan)],
+        ...                   columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
+        >>> df
+             name   class  max_speed
+        0  falcon    bird      389.0
+        1  parrot    bird       24.0
+        2    lion  mammal       80.5
+        3  monkey  mammal        NaN
+
+        >>> df.pop('class')
+        0      bird
+        1      bird
+        2    mammal
+        3    mammal
+        Name: class, dtype: object
+
+        >>> df
+             name  max_speed
+        0  falcon      389.0
+        1  parrot       24.0
+        2    lion       80.5
+        3  monkey        NaN
         """
         result = self[item]
         del self[item]