diff --git a/pymc/distributions/transforms.py b/pymc/distributions/transforms.py
index ff287635e18..d02fa210feb 100644
--- a/pymc/distributions/transforms.py
+++ b/pymc/distributions/transforms.py
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ def log_jac_det(self, value, *inputs):
 
 
 simplex = Simplex()
+simplex.__doc__ = """
+Instantiation of :class:`aeppl.transforms.Simplex`
+for use in the ``transform`` argument of a random variable."""
 
 logodds = LogOddsTransform()
 logodds.__doc__ = """