diff --git a/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst b/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst
index 390d8f17..8eb44062 100644
--- a/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Contents:
     infiniteline
     roi
     graphicslayout
+    multiplotitem
     plotcurveitem
     scatterplotitem
     isocurveitem
diff --git a/doc/source/graphicsItems/multiplotitem.rst b/doc/source/graphicsItems/multiplotitem.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfcd1bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/graphicsItems/multiplotitem.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MultiPlotItem
+=============
+
+.. autoclass:: pyqtgraph.MultiPlotItem
+    :members:
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/MultiPlotItem.py b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/MultiPlotItem.py
index 588de331..fb045afe 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/MultiPlotItem.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/MultiPlotItem.py
@@ -4,22 +4,33 @@ MultiPlotItem.py -  Graphics item used for displaying an array of PlotItems
 Copyright 2010  Luke Campagnola
 Distributed under MIT/X11 license. See license.txt for more information.
 """
-from numpy import ndarray
 from . import GraphicsLayout
 from ..metaarray import *
 
-
 __all__ = ['MultiPlotItem']
+
+
 class MultiPlotItem(GraphicsLayout.GraphicsLayout):
     """
-    Automatically generates a grid of plots from a multi-dimensional array
+    :class:`~pyqtgraph.GraphicsLayout` that automatically generates a grid of
+    plots from a MetaArray.
+
+    .. seealso:: :class:`~pyqtgraph.MultiPlotWidget`: Widget containing a MultiPlotItem
     """
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
         GraphicsLayout.GraphicsLayout.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
         self.plots = []
 
-
     def plot(self, data, **plotArgs):
+        """Plot the data from a MetaArray with each array column as a separate
+        :class:`~pyqtgraph.PlotItem`.
+
+        Axis labels are automatically extracted from the array info.
+
+        ``plotArgs`` are passed to :meth:`PlotItem.plot
+        <pyqtgraph.PlotItem.plot>`.
+        """
         #self.layout.clear()
 
         if hasattr(data, 'implements') and data.implements('MetaArray'):
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/widgets/MultiPlotWidget.py b/pyqtgraph/widgets/MultiPlotWidget.py
index 21258839..dc7583b6 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/widgets/MultiPlotWidget.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/widgets/MultiPlotWidget.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ from ..graphicsItems import MultiPlotItem as MultiPlotItem
 
 __all__ = ['MultiPlotWidget']
 class MultiPlotWidget(GraphicsView):
-    """Widget implementing a graphicsView with a single MultiPlotItem inside."""
+    """Widget implementing a :class:`~pyqtgraph.GraphicsView` with a single
+    :class:`~pyqtgraph.MultiPlotItem` inside."""
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         self.minPlotHeight = 50
         self.mPlotItem = MultiPlotItem.MultiPlotItem()