diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 052952103e28c..b79c83cccd5ab 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -7249,8 +7249,7 @@ def f(s):
     def quantile(self, q=0.5, axis=0, numeric_only=True,
                  interpolation='linear'):
         """
-        Return values at the given quantile over requested axis, a la
-        numpy.percentile.
+        Return values at the given quantile over requested axis.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -7315,6 +7314,7 @@ def quantile(self, q=0.5, axis=0, numeric_only=True,
         See Also
         --------
         pandas.core.window.Rolling.quantile
+        numpy.percentile
         """
         self._check_percentile(q)