diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/dsintro.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/dsintro.rst
index 360a14998b227..23bd44c1969a5 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/dsintro.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/dsintro.rst
@@ -397,6 +397,32 @@ The result will be a DataFrame with the same index as the input Series, and
 with one column whose name is the original name of the Series (only if no other
 column name provided).
 
+
+.. _basics.dataframe.from_list_namedtuples:
+
+From a list of namedtuples
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The field names of the first ``namedtuple`` in the list determine the columns
+of the ``DataFrame``. The remaining namedtuples (or tuples) are simply unpacked
+and their values are fed into the rows of the ``DataFrame``. If any of those
+tuples is shorter than the first ``namedtuple`` then the later columns in the
+corresponding row are marked as missing values. If any are longer than the
+first ``namedtuple``, a ``ValueError`` is raised.
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+    from collections import namedtuple
+
+    Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y')
+
+    pd.DataFrame([Point(0, 0), Point(0, 3), (2, 3)])
+
+    Point3D = namedtuple('Point3D', 'x y z')
+
+    pd.DataFrame([Point3D(0, 0, 0), Point3D(0, 3, 5), Point(2, 3)])
+
+
 .. _basics.dataframe.from_list_dataclasses:
 
 From a list of dataclasses