diff --git a/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.rst b/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.rst
index d6397ae..0394569 100644
--- a/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.rst
+++ b/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ for playing with examples from documentation, such as matplotlib.
        ...:
        ...: plt.show()
 
+The ``%load`` magic can also load source code from objects in the user or 
+global namespace by invoking the ``-n`` option.
+
+.. sourcecode:: ipython
+
+   In [1]: import hello_world
+      ...: %load -n hello_world.say_hello
+
+   In [3]: def say_hello() :
+      ...:    print("Hello World!") 
+
 Inline Matplotlib
 =================
 
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/load_from_namespace.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/load_from_namespace.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25d33b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/load_from_namespace.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Adds object inspection to %load magic so that source for objects in user or global namespaces can be loaded. To enable searching the namespace, use the ``-n`` option.
+
+.. sourcecode:: ipython
+
+    In [1]: %load -n my_module.some_function
+