diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 1404d225eea97..bb2810ba7857f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -1372,16 +1372,36 @@ def __nonzero__(self):
 
     def bool(self):
         """
-        Return the bool of a single element PandasObject.
+        Return the bool of a single element Series or DataFrame.
 
-        This must be a boolean scalar value, either True or False.  Raise a
-        ValueError if the PandasObject does not have exactly 1 element, or that
-        element is not boolean
+        This must be a boolean scalar value, either True or False. It will raise a
+        ValueError if the Series or DataFrame does not have exactly 1 element, or that
+        element is not boolean (integer values 0 and 1 will also raise an exception).
 
         Returns
         -------
         bool
-            Same single boolean value converted to bool type.
+            The value in the Series or DataFrame.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        Series.astype : Change the data type of a Series, including to boolean.
+        DataFrame.astype : Change the data type of a DataFrame, including to boolean.
+        numpy.bool_ : NumPy boolean data type, used by pandas for boolean values.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        The method will only work for single element objects with a boolean value:
+
+        >>> pd.Series([True]).bool()
+        True
+        >>> pd.Series([False]).bool()
+        False
+
+        >>> pd.DataFrame({'col': [True]}).bool()
+        True
+        >>> pd.DataFrame({'col': [False]}).bool()
+        False
         """
         v = self.squeeze()
         if isinstance(v, (bool, np.bool_)):