diff --git a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/immutable.rs b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/immutable.rs
index d0c8ffa39783..cf1d6f366751 100644
--- a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/immutable.rs
+++ b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/immutable.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ unsafe impl Sync for Buffer where Bytes: Sync {}
 
 impl Buffer {
     /// Auxiliary method to create a new Buffer
+    ///
+    /// This can be used with a [`bytes::Bytes`] via `into()`:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use arrow_buffer::Buffer;
+    /// let bytes = bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"foo");
+    /// let buffer = Buffer::from_bytes(bytes.into());
+    /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: Bytes) -> Self {
         let length = bytes.len();