diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 1a5245dd..1e54b19a 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Version 1.3.0
   in a similar way to :func:`petl.util.timing.progress` but writes to a Python logger.
   By :user:`dusktreader`, :issue:`408`, :issue:`407`.
 
+* Added new function :func:`petl.transform.regex.splitdown` for splitting a value into
+  multiple rows. By :user:`John-Dennert`, :issue:`430`, :issue:`386`.
+
 * Pass through keyword arguments to :func:`xlrd.open_workbook`. By :user:`gjunqueira`,
   :issue:`470`, :issue:`473`.
 
diff --git a/petl/transform/__init__.py b/petl/transform/__init__.py
index 5dac1f6c..90573a08 100644
--- a/petl/transform/__init__.py
+++ b/petl/transform/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from petl.transform.fills import filldown, fillright, fillleft
 
 from petl.transform.regex import capture, split, search, searchcomplement, \
-    sub
+    sub, splitdown
 
 from petl.transform.reshape import melt, recast, transpose, pivot, flatten, \
     unflatten
diff --git a/petl/transform/regex.py b/petl/transform/regex.py
index 9b7c6f36..0b71329d 100644
--- a/petl/transform/regex.py
+++ b/petl/transform/regex.py
@@ -391,28 +391,28 @@ def splitdown(table, field, pattern, maxsplit=0, flags=0):
         ...           ['Jane Doe', 'president,engineer,tailor,lawyer'],
         ...           ['John Doe', 'rocket scientist,optometrist,chef,knight,sailor']]
         >>> table2 = etl.splitdown(table1, 'roles', ',')
-        >>> table2
+        >>> table2.lookall()
         +------------+--------------------+
         | name       | roles              |
         +============+====================+
         | 'Jane Doe' | 'president'        |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'Jane Doe' | 'engineer'         |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'Jane Doe' | 'tailor'           |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'Jane Doe' | 'lawyer'           |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'John Doe' | 'rocket scientist' |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'John Doe' | 'optometrist'      |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'John Doe' | 'chef'             |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'John Doe' | 'knight'           |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
         | 'John Doe' | 'sailor'           |
-        +------------+-----+--------------+
+        +------------+--------------------+
     
     """