diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 223cb4fe78e94..bc81ca2a2d2ad 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@ def select_dtypes(self, include=None, exclude=None):
           this will return *all* object dtype columns
         * See the `numpy dtype hierarchy
           <http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/arrays.scalars.html>`__
+        * To select Pandas categorical dtypes, use 'category'
 
         Examples
         --------