diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst
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--- a/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst
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@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ new column. In 0.21.0 and later, this will raise a ``UserWarning``:
     1  2.0
     2  3.0
 
+While attribute access will work in many cases, bracket indexing is the recommended syntax for indexing a DataFrame. For 10 reasons why,
+please check `this post <https://stackoverflow.com/a/41130329/10491422>` about attribute vs bracket indexing.
+
 Slicing ranges
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