diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index f481acb5f..39ec8b42c 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ def parse_package_meta(package_path, require=True):
 
 
 def is_in_jupyter():
-    """Check if user is in a Jupyter notebook. Mainly used for displaCy.
+    """Check if user is running spaCy from a Jupyter notebook by detecting the
+    IPython kernel. Mainly used for the displaCy visualizer.
 
     RETURNS (bool): True if in Jupyter, False if not.
     """
diff --git a/website/docs/api/util.jade b/website/docs/api/util.jade
index c0c0e6f3c..078d2a841 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/util.jade
+++ b/website/docs/api/util.jade
@@ -167,6 +167,26 @@ p
         +cell dict / #[code None]
         +cell Model meta data or #[code None].
 
++h(2, "is_in_jupyter") util.is_in_jupyter
+    +tag function
+
+p
+    |  Check if user is running spaCy from a #[+a("https://jupyter.org") Jupyter]
+    |  notebook by detecting the IPython kernel. Mainly used for the
+    |  #[+api("displacy") #[code displacy]] visualizer.
+
++aside-code("Example").
+    html = '<h1>Hello world!</h1>'
+    if util.is_in_jupyter():
+        from IPython.core.display import display, HTML
+        return display(HTML(html))
+
++table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
+    +footrow
+        +cell returns
+        +cell bool
+        +cell #[code True] if in Jupyter, #[code False] if not.
+
 +h(2, "update_exc") util.update_exc
     +tag function