diff --git a/benches/array.rs b/benches/array.rs
index 27ebe9e0b..6619c4e27 100644
--- a/benches/array.rs
+++ b/benches/array.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn from_iter(bencher: &mut Bencher, size: usize) {
     iter_with_gil(bencher, |py| {
         let iter = black_box(Iter(0..size));
 
-        PyArray1::from_iter(py, iter);
+        PyArray1::from_iter_bound(py, iter);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/array.rs b/src/array.rs
index 0d6e60e68..7a837c973 100644
--- a/src/array.rs
+++ b/src/array.rs
@@ -1106,6 +1106,18 @@ impl<T: Element> PyArray<T, Ix1> {
         vec.into_pyarray_bound(py).into_gil_ref()
     }
 
+    /// Deprecated form of [`PyArray<T, Ix1>::from_iter_bound`]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.21.0",
+        note = "will be replaced by PyArray::from_iter_bound in the future"
+    )]
+    pub fn from_iter<'py, I>(py: Python<'py>, iter: I) -> &'py Self
+    where
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = T>,
+    {
+        Self::from_iter_bound(py, iter).into_gil_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Construct a one-dimensional array from an [`Iterator`].
     ///
     /// If no reliable [`size_hint`][Iterator::size_hint] is available,
@@ -1114,20 +1126,20 @@ impl<T: Element> PyArray<T, Ix1> {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use numpy::PyArray;
+    /// use numpy::{PyArray, PyArrayMethods};
     /// use pyo3::Python;
     ///
     /// Python::with_gil(|py| {
-    ///     let pyarray = PyArray::from_iter(py, "abcde".chars().map(u32::from));
+    ///     let pyarray = PyArray::from_iter_bound(py, "abcde".chars().map(u32::from));
     ///     assert_eq!(pyarray.readonly().as_slice().unwrap(), &[97, 98, 99, 100, 101]);
     /// });
     /// ```
-    pub fn from_iter<'py, I>(py: Python<'py>, iter: I) -> &'py Self
+    pub fn from_iter_bound<I>(py: Python<'_>, iter: I) -> Bound<'_, Self>
     where
         I: IntoIterator<Item = T>,
     {
         let data = iter.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        data.into_pyarray_bound(py).into_gil_ref()
+        data.into_pyarray_bound(py)
     }
 }
 
@@ -1288,13 +1300,14 @@ impl<T: Element, D> PyArray<T, D> {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
+    /// use numpy::prelude::*;
     /// use numpy::{npyffi::NPY_ORDER, PyArray};
     /// use pyo3::Python;
     /// use ndarray::array;
     ///
     /// Python::with_gil(|py| {
     ///     let array =
-    ///         PyArray::from_iter(py, 0..9).reshape_with_order([3, 3], NPY_ORDER::NPY_FORTRANORDER).unwrap();
+    ///         PyArray::from_iter_bound(py, 0..9).reshape_with_order([3, 3], NPY_ORDER::NPY_FORTRANORDER).unwrap();
     ///
     ///     assert_eq!(array.readonly().as_array(), array![[0, 3, 6], [1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8]]);
     ///     assert!(array.is_fortran_contiguous());
@@ -1830,13 +1843,14 @@ pub trait PyArrayMethods<'py, T, D>: PyUntypedArrayMethods<'py> {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
+    /// use numpy::prelude::*;
     /// use numpy::{npyffi::NPY_ORDER, PyArray};
     /// use pyo3::Python;
     /// use ndarray::array;
     ///
     /// Python::with_gil(|py| {
     ///     let array =
-    ///         PyArray::from_iter(py, 0..9).reshape_with_order([3, 3], NPY_ORDER::NPY_FORTRANORDER).unwrap();
+    ///         PyArray::from_iter_bound(py, 0..9).reshape_with_order([3, 3], NPY_ORDER::NPY_FORTRANORDER).unwrap();
     ///
     ///     assert_eq!(array.readonly().as_array(), array![[0, 3, 6], [1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8]]);
     ///     assert!(array.is_fortran_contiguous());
diff --git a/tests/array.rs b/tests/array.rs
index 26cfbf62c..79b5a3314 100644
--- a/tests/array.rs
+++ b/tests/array.rs
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ fn get_works() {
 #[test]
 fn reshape() {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
-        let array = PyArray::from_iter(py, 0..9)
+        let array = PyArray::from_iter_bound(py, 0..9)
             .reshape_with_order([3, 3], NPY_ORDER::NPY_FORTRANORDER)
             .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/tests/to_py.rs b/tests/to_py.rs
index 4ab5371bf..5181aa63a 100644
--- a/tests/to_py.rs
+++ b/tests/to_py.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn to_pyarray_array() {
 #[test]
 fn iter_to_pyarray() {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
-        let arr = PyArray::from_iter(py, (0..10).map(|x| x * x));
+        let arr = PyArray::from_iter_bound(py, (0..10).map(|x| x * x));
 
         assert_eq!(
             arr.readonly().as_slice().unwrap(),
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fn iter_to_pyarray() {
 #[test]
 fn long_iter_to_pyarray() {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
-        let arr = PyArray::from_iter(py, 0_u32..512);
+        let arr = PyArray::from_iter_bound(py, 0_u32..512);
 
         assert_eq!(
             arr.readonly().as_slice().unwrap(),