diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 608e5c53ec094..a40733b7076b0 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -3797,7 +3797,12 @@ def drop(self, labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None,
         axis : {0 or 'index', 1 or 'columns'}, default 0
             Whether to drop labels from the index (0 or 'index') or
             columns (1 or 'columns').
-        index, columns : single label or list-like
+        index : single label or list-like
+            Alternative to specifying axis (``labels, axis=0``
+            is equivalent to ``index=labels``).
+
+            .. versionadded:: 0.21.0
+        columns : single label or list-like
             Alternative to specifying axis (``labels, axis=1``
             is equivalent to ``columns=labels``).
 
@@ -3813,11 +3818,12 @@ def drop(self, labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None,
         Returns
         -------
         DataFrame
+            DataFrame without the removed index or column labels.
 
         Raises
         ------
         KeyError
-            If none of the labels are found in the selected axis
+            If any of the labels is not found in the selected axis.
 
         See Also
         --------
@@ -3830,7 +3836,7 @@ def drop(self, labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None,
 
         Examples
         --------
-        >>> df = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(3,4),
+        >>> df = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(3, 4),
         ...                   columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
         >>> df
            A  B   C   D
@@ -3867,7 +3873,7 @@ def drop(self, labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None,
         >>> df = pd.DataFrame(index=midx, columns=['big', 'small'],
         ...                   data=[[45, 30], [200, 100], [1.5, 1], [30, 20],
         ...                         [250, 150], [1.5, 0.8], [320, 250],
-        ...                         [1, 0.8], [0.3,0.2]])
+        ...                         [1, 0.8], [0.3, 0.2]])
         >>> df
                         big     small
         lama    speed   45.0    30.0