diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 8bfd9f3cd962d..98e0ab43f2a09 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -5284,6 +5284,8 @@ 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]``.
 
+        If n is larger than the number of rows, this function returns all rows.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         n : int, default 5
@@ -5357,6 +5359,8 @@ 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:]``.
 
+        If n is larger than the number of rows, this function returns all rows.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         n : int, default 5