diff --git a/pandas/io/pytables.py b/pandas/io/pytables.py
index b4c78b063c180..ddb83d0de68c3 100644
--- a/pandas/io/pytables.py
+++ b/pandas/io/pytables.py
@@ -1131,6 +1131,12 @@ def put(
         """
         Store object in HDFStore.
 
+        This method writes a pandas DataFrame or Series into an HDF5 file using
+        either the fixed or table format. The `table` format allows additional
+        operations like incremental appends and queries but may have performance
+        trade-offs. The `fixed` format provides faster read/write operations but
+        does not support appends or queries.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : str