diff --git a/pandas/io/gbq.py b/pandas/io/gbq.py
index aeff3fd4a44d86..46e1b13631f073 100644
--- a/pandas/io/gbq.py
+++ b/pandas/io/gbq.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def read_gbq(query, project_id=None, index_col=None, col_order=None,
             compliant with the SQL 2011 standard. For more information
             see `BigQuery Standard SQL Reference
             <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/>`__.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 0.24.0
     location : str, optional
         Location where the query job should run. See the `BigQuery locations
         documentation