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DOC: update the DataFrame.head() docstring #20206

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Expand Up @@ -3605,7 +3605,11 @@ def f(x):

def head(self, n=5):
"""
Return the first n rows.
Return the first `n` rows.

This function returns the first `n` rows for the object based on the
underlying index. It is useful for quickly testing if your object
has the right type of data in it.

Parameters
----------
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See Also
--------
pandas.DataFrame.tail
pandas.DataFrame.tail: Returns the last `n` rows.

Examples
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