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diff --git a/numpy/lib/function_base.py b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
index 9aec98cc8..ccf5bcfc0 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
@@ -918,6 +918,10 @@ def gradient(f, *varargs, **kwargs):
>>> np.gradient(x, 2)
array([ 0.5 , 0.75, 1.25, 1.75, 2.25, 2.5 ])
+ For two dimensional arrays, the return will be two arrays ordered by
+ axis. In this example the first array stands for the gradient in
+ rows and the second one in columns direction:
+
>>> np.gradient(np.array([[1, 2, 6], [3, 4, 5]], dtype=np.float))
[array([[ 2., 2., -1.],
[ 2., 2., -1.]]), array([[ 1. , 2.5, 4. ],