diff --git a/docs/framework.rst b/docs/framework.rst
index e33e8d48..085e0692 100644
--- a/docs/framework.rst
+++ b/docs/framework.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Framework Basics
 
     framework/basic_concepts
     framework/quantities
+    framework/quantity_points
     framework/dimensions
     framework/units
     framework/constants
diff --git a/docs/framework/quantity_points.rst b/docs/framework/quantity_points.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..158859b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/framework/quantity_points.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+.. namespace:: units
+
+Quantity Points
+===============
+
+A :term:`quantity point` is an absolute quantity with respect to zero
+(which represents some origin) and is represented in the library with a
+`quantity_point` class template.
+
+
+Construction
+------------
+
+To create the quantity point object from a `quantity` we just have to pass
+the value to the `quantity_point` class template explicit constructor::
+
+    quantity_point<si::dim_length, si::kilometre, double> d(123q_km);
+
+.. note::
+
+    As the constructor is explicit, the quantity object can be created from
+    a quantity only via
+    `direct initialization <https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/direct_initialization>`_.
+    This is why the code below using
+    `copy initialization <https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/copy_initialization>`_
+    **does not compile**::
+
+        quantity_point<si::dim_length, si::kilometre, double> d = 123q_km;  // ERROR
+
+
+Differences to quantity
+-----------------------
+
+Unlike `quantity`, the library provides
+- no helper aliases for quantity points, such as `length_point`,
+- no UDLs for quantity points,
+- no dimension-specific concepts, such as `LengthPoint`
+  (there's the dimension-agnostic `QuantityPoint`),
diff --git a/src/include/units/quantity_point.h b/src/include/units/quantity_point.h
index 886ae87d..795148c5 100644
--- a/src/include/units/quantity_point.h
+++ b/src/include/units/quantity_point.h
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ namespace units {
 /**
  * @brief A quantity point
  *
- * Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be
- * expressed by means of a number and a measurement unit.
+ * An absolute quantity with respect to zero (which represents some origin).
  *
  * @tparam D a dimension of the quantity point (can be either a BaseDimension or a DerivedDimension)
  * @tparam U a measurement unit of the quantity point