diff --git a/docs/source/reference/api/eland.DataFrame.to_numpy.rst b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.DataFrame.to_numpy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0455c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.DataFrame.to_numpy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+eland.DataFrame.to_numpy
+========================
+
+.. currentmodule:: eland
+
+.. automethod:: DataFrame.to_numpy
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/api/eland.DataFrame.values.rst b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.DataFrame.values.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3af3afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.DataFrame.values.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+eland.DataFrame.values
+======================
+
+.. currentmodule:: eland
+
+.. autoattribute:: DataFrame.values
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/api/eland.Series.info_es.rst b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.Series.info_es.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b3b104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.Series.info_es.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+eland.Series.info_es
+====================
+
+.. currentmodule:: eland
+
+.. automethod:: Series.info_es
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/api/eland.Series.to_numpy.rst b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.Series.to_numpy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f73d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/reference/api/eland.Series.to_numpy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+eland.Series.to_numpy
+=====================
+
+.. currentmodule:: eland
+
+.. automethod:: Series.to_numpy
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/dataframe.rst b/docs/source/reference/dataframe.rst
index 64f5b29..4757c0c 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/dataframe.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/dataframe.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Attributes and underlying data
    DataFrame.columns
    DataFrame.dtypes   
    DataFrame.select_dtypes   
+   DataFrame.values   
    DataFrame.empty   
    DataFrame.shape
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ Serialization / IO / conversion
    :toctree: api/
 
    DataFrame.info
+   DataFrame.to_numpy
    DataFrame.to_csv
    DataFrame.to_html
    DataFrame.to_string
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/series.rst b/docs/source/reference/series.rst
index 366e57a..9e807aa 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/series.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/series.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Serialization / IO / conversion
    :toctree: api/
 
    Series.to_string
+   Series.to_numpy
 
 Elasticsearch utilities
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/eland/dataframe.py b/eland/dataframe.py
index 53a7f76..5bead9d 100644
--- a/eland/dataframe.py
+++ b/eland/dataframe.py
@@ -1064,12 +1064,31 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
         In pandas this returns a Numpy representation of the DataFrame. This would involve scan/scrolling the
         entire index.
 
-        If this is required, call ``ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_df).values``, _but beware this will scan/scroll the entire
-        Elasticsearch index(s) into memory_
+        If this is required, call ``ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_df).values``, *but beware this will scan/scroll the entire
+        Elasticsearch index(s) into memory.*
 
         See Also
         --------
         :pandas_api_docs:`pandas.DataFrame.values`
+        eland_to_pandas
+        to_numpy
+        """
+        self.to_numpy()
+
+    def to_numpy(self):
+        """
+        Not implemented.
+
+        In pandas this returns a Numpy representation of the DataFrame. This would involve scan/scrolling the
+        entire index.
+
+        If this is required, call ``ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_df).values``, *but beware this will scan/scroll the entire
+        Elasticsearch index(s) into memory.*
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        :pandas_api_docs:`pandas.DataFrame.to_numpy`
+        eland_to_pandas
 
         Examples
         --------
@@ -1094,9 +1113,8 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame):
                [181.69421554118, 'Kibana Airlines'],
                [730.041778346198, 'Kibana Airlines']], dtype=object)
         """
-        raise NotImplementedError(
-            "This method would scan/scroll the entire Elasticsearch index(s) into memory."
-            "If this is explicitly required and there is sufficient memory, call `ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_df).values`"
+        raise AttributeError(
+            "This method would scan/scroll the entire Elasticsearch index(s) into memory. "
+            "If this is explicitly required, and there is sufficient memory, call `ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_df).values`"
         )
 
-    to_numpy = values
diff --git a/eland/series.py b/eland/series.py
index 4e39e85..b68aa7d 100644
--- a/eland/series.py
+++ b/eland/series.py
@@ -878,3 +878,40 @@ class Series(NDFrame):
         """
         results = super().nunique()
         return results.squeeze()
+
+    #def values TODO - not implemented as causes current implementation of query to fail
+
+    def to_numpy(self):
+        """
+        Not implemented.
+
+        In pandas this returns a Numpy representation of the Series. This would involve scan/scrolling the
+        entire index.
+
+        If this is required, call ``ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_series).values``, *but beware this will scan/scroll the entire
+        Elasticsearch index(s) into memory.*
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        :pandas_api_docs:`pandas.DataFrame.to_numpy`
+        eland_to_pandas
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> ed_s = ed.Series('localhost', 'flights', name='Carrier').head(5)
+        >>> pd_s = ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_s)
+        >>> print("type(ed_s)={0}\\ntype(pd_s)={1}".format(type(ed_s), type(pd_s)))
+        type(ed_s)=<class 'eland.series.Series'>
+        type(pd_s)=<class 'pandas.core.series.Series'>
+        >>> ed_s
+        0     Kibana Airlines
+        1    Logstash Airways
+        2    Logstash Airways
+        3     Kibana Airlines
+        4     Kibana Airlines
+        Name: Carrier, dtype: object
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "This method would scan/scroll the entire Elasticsearch index(s) into memory."
+            "If this is explicitly required and there is sufficient memory, call `ed.eland_to_pandas(ed_df).values`"
+        )