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diff --git a/src/lxml/builder.py b/src/lxml/builder.py
index 460d2286..c5c25b74 100644
--- a/src/lxml/builder.py
+++ b/src/lxml/builder.py
@@ -140,6 +140,17 @@ class ElementMaker(object):
<p>And finally, here is an embedded XHTML fragment.</p>
</body>
</html>
+
+ For namespace support, you can pass a namespace map (``nsmap``)
+ and/or a specific target ``namespace`` to the ElementMaker class::
+
+ >>> E = ElementMaker(namespace="http://my.ns/")
+ >>> print(ET.tostring( E.test ))
+ <test xmlns="http://my.ns/"/>
+
+ >>> E = ElementMaker(namespace="http://my.ns/", nsmap={'p':'http://my.ns/'})
+ >>> print(ET.tostring( E.test ))
+ <p:test xmlns:p="http://my.ns/"/>
"""
def __init__(self, typemap=None,