diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/docset.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/docset.py
index 30a35b1be..a77537232 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/docset.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/docset.py
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ def _truncate(s):
 
             pprint.pp(document, stream=stream)
 
+    def get_doc_info(self, limit: int = -1):
+        doc_info = []
+        for document in self.take(limit):
+            num_elems = len(document.elements)
+            document.data["elements"] = f"<{num_elems} elements>"
+            doc_info.append(document)
+        return doc_info
+
     def count(self, include_metadata=False, **kwargs) -> int:
         """
         Counts the number of documents in the resulting dataset.