diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimelike.py b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimelike.py
index 01b1016007951..70580a4780da3 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimelike.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimelike.py
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ def take(
     ) -> Self:
         """
         Return a new Index of the values selected by the indices.
+
         For internal compatibility with numpy arrays.
 
         Parameters
@@ -1074,6 +1075,15 @@ def take(
             The axis over which to select values, always 0 or 'index'.
         allow_fill : bool, default True
             How to handle negative values in `indices`.
+
+            * False: negative values in `indices` indicate positional indices
+                from the right (the default). This is similar to
+                :func:`numpy.take`.
+
+            * True: negative values in `indices` indicate
+                missing values. These values are set to `fill_value`. Any other
+                other negative values raise a ``ValueError``.
+
             * False: negative values in `indices` indicate positional indices
                 from the right (the default). This is similar to
                 :func:`numpy.take`.