diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/excel/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/io/excel/conftest.py
index 54acd2128369d..843b3c08421b3 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/excel/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/excel/conftest.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def frame(float_frame):
+    """
+    Returns the first ten items in fixture "float_frame".
+    """
     return float_frame[:10]