diff --git a/doc/source/3dgraphics/gllineplotitem.rst b/doc/source/3dgraphics/gllineplotitem.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..490ba2986ab258e2ceb65067c79b8bc7debbfae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/3dgraphics/gllineplotitem.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+GLLinePlotItem
+==============
+
+.. autoclass:: pyqtgraph.opengl.GLLinePlotItem
+    :members:
+
+    .. automethod:: pyqtgraph.opengl.GLLinePlotItem.__init__
+
diff --git a/doc/source/3dgraphics/index.rst b/doc/source/3dgraphics/index.rst
index 255f550bcc61f7b11445d223242c1728d1845bae..d025a4c7a3aa37ff7f1755ebc69d5e2f7a75da42 100644
--- a/doc/source/3dgraphics/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/3dgraphics/index.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Contents:
     glvolumeitem
     glimageitem
     glmeshitem
+    gllineplotitem
     glaxisitem
     glgraphicsitem
     glscatterplotitem
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/opengl/items/GLLinePlotItem.py b/pyqtgraph/opengl/items/GLLinePlotItem.py
index 9ef34cab26f582918003aa657a8b25f609c9fca0..bb5ce2f6e3839731581cebc810baa21b26c4426e 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/opengl/items/GLLinePlotItem.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/opengl/items/GLLinePlotItem.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class GLLinePlotItem(GLGraphicsItem):
     """Draws line plots in 3D."""
     
     def __init__(self, **kwds):
+        """All keyword arguments are passed to setData()"""
         GLGraphicsItem.__init__(self)
         glopts = kwds.pop('glOptions', 'additive')
         self.setGLOptions(glopts)
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class GLLinePlotItem(GLGraphicsItem):
     def setData(self, **kwds):
         """
         Update the data displayed by this item. All arguments are optional; 
-        for example it is allowed to update spot positions while leaving 
+        for example it is allowed to update vertex positions while leaving 
         colors unchanged, etc.
         
         ====================  ==================================================