diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 9f9dffaaa399f..1101938ace109 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -5162,6 +5162,9 @@ def head(self: NDFrameT, n: int = 5) -> NDFrameT:
         For negative values of `n`, this function returns all rows except
         the last `n` rows, equivalent to ``df[:-n]``.
 
+        `n` can be larger than the object size (this conforms with python/numpy 
+        slice semantics).
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         n : int, default 5
@@ -5235,6 +5238,9 @@ def tail(self: NDFrameT, n: int = 5) -> NDFrameT:
         For negative values of `n`, this function returns all rows except
         the first `n` rows, equivalent to ``df[n:]``.
 
+        `n` can be larger than the object size (this conforms with python/numpy 
+        slice semantics).
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         n : int, default 5