diff --git a/pygmt/base_plotting.py b/pygmt/base_plotting.py
index 13d1fb00f68..8fe93f99524 100644
--- a/pygmt/base_plotting.py
+++ b/pygmt/base_plotting.py
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ def grdview(self, grid, **kwargs):
         zscale/zsize : float or str
             Set z-axis scaling or z-axis size.
 
+        {B}
+
         cmap : str
             The name of the color palette table to use.