diff --git a/doc/reference/material.rst b/doc/reference/material.rst
index 4e6c3120b..1df8d98c0 100644
--- a/doc/reference/material.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/material.rst
@@ -6,10 +6,58 @@
 .. autosummary::
 
     atomic_to_weight
-    weight_to_atomic
     density_of_mixture
+    elements
     mass_absorption_coefficient
     mass_absorption_mixture
+    weight_to_atomic
 
 .. automodule:: exspy.material
-   :members:
\ No newline at end of file
+   :members:
+
+.. autoattribute:: exspy.material.elements
+   :annotation:
+
+Database of element properties. The following properties are included:
+
+.. code::
+
+    ├── Atomic_properties
+    │   ├── Binding_energies
+    │   └── Xray_lines
+    ├── General_properties
+    │   ├── Z
+    │   ├── atomic_weight
+    │   └── name
+    └── Physical_properties
+        └── density_gcm3
+
+Examples:
+
+.. code::
+
+    >>> exspy.material.elements.Fe.General_properties
+    ├── Z = 26
+    ├── atomic_weight = 55.845
+    └── name = iron
+    >>> exspy.material.elements.Fe.Physical_properties
+    └── density (g/cm^3) = 7.874
+    >>> exspy.material.elements.Fe.Atomic_properties.Xray_lines
+    ├── Ka
+    │   ├── energy (keV) = 6.404
+    │   └── weight = 1.0
+    ├── Kb
+    │   ├── energy (keV) = 7.0568
+    │   └── weight = 0.1272
+    ├── La
+    │   ├── energy (keV) = 0.705
+    │   └── weight = 1.0
+    ├── Lb3
+    │   ├── energy (keV) = 0.792
+    │   └── weight = 0.02448
+    ├── Ll
+    │   ├── energy (keV) = 0.615
+    │   └── weight = 0.3086
+    └── Ln
+        ├── energy (keV) = 0.62799
+        └── weight = 0.12525
diff --git a/exspy/_misc/elements.py b/exspy/_misc/elements.py
index ee78f68d2..ba7153143 100644
--- a/exspy/_misc/elements.py
+++ b/exspy/_misc/elements.py
@@ -4979,6 +4979,51 @@
 }
 
 elements_db = DictionaryTreeBrowser(elements)
+elements_db.__doc__ = """
+Database of element properties.
+
+The following properties are included:
+
+.. code::
+
+    ├── Atomic_properties
+    │   ├── Binding_energies
+    │   └── Xray_lines
+    ├── General_properties
+    │   ├── Z
+    │   ├── atomic_weight
+    │   └── name
+    └── Physical_properties
+        └── density_gcm3
+
+Examples
+--------
+>>> exspy.material.elements.Fe.General_properties
+├── Z = 26
+├── atomic_weight = 55.845
+└── name = iron
+>>> exspy.material.elements.Fe.Physical_properties
+└── density (g/cm^3) = 7.874
+>>> exspy.material.elements.Fe.Atomic_properties.Xray_lines
+├── Ka
+│   ├── energy (keV) = 6.404
+│   └── weight = 1.0
+├── Kb
+│   ├── energy (keV) = 7.0568
+│   └── weight = 0.1272
+├── La
+│   ├── energy (keV) = 0.705
+│   └── weight = 1.0
+├── Lb3
+│   ├── energy (keV) = 0.792
+│   └── weight = 0.02448
+├── Ll
+│   ├── energy (keV) = 0.615
+│   └── weight = 0.3086
+└── Ln
+    ├── energy (keV) = 0.62799
+    └── weight = 0.12525
+"""
 
 # read dictionary of atomic numbers from eXSpy, and add the elements that
 # do not currently exist in the database (in case anyone is doing EDS on