diff --git a/pygmt/base_plotting.py b/pygmt/base_plotting.py
index 6b709932798..396b0c86d31 100644
--- a/pygmt/base_plotting.py
+++ b/pygmt/base_plotting.py
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ def grdview(self, grid, **kwargs):
         B="frame",
         S="style",
         G="color",
+        N="no_clip",
         W="pen",
         i="columns",
         l="label",
@@ -683,6 +684,18 @@ def plot(self, x=None, y=None, data=None, sizes=None, direction=None, **kwargs):
             ``'[x|y|X|Y][+a][+cl|f][+n][+wcap][+ppen]'``.
             Draw symmetrical error bars.
         {G}
+        no_clip : bool or str
+            ``'[c|r]'``.
+            Do NOT clip symbols that fall outside map border [Default plots
+            points whose coordinates are strictly inside the map border only].
+            The option does not apply to lines and polygons which are always
+            clipped to the map region. For periodic (360-longitude) maps we
+            must plot all symbols twice in case they are clipped by the
+            repeating boundary. ``no_clip=True`` will turn off clipping and not
+            plot repeating symbols. Use ``no_clip="r"`` to turn off clipping
+            but retain the plotting of such repeating symbols, or use
+            ``no_clip="c"`` to retain clipping but turn off plotting of
+            repeating symbols.
         style : str
             Plot symbols (including vectors, pie slices, fronts, decorated or
             quoted lines).
@@ -748,6 +761,7 @@ def plot(self, x=None, y=None, data=None, sizes=None, direction=None, **kwargs):
         G="label_placement",
         W="pen",
         L="triangular_mesh_pen",
+        N="no_clip",
         i="columns",
         l="label",
         C="levels",
@@ -798,8 +812,9 @@ def contour(self, x=None, y=None, z=None, data=None, **kwargs):
             Color the triangles using CPT
         triangular_mesh_pen : str
             Pen to draw the underlying triangulation (default none)
-        N : bool
-            Do not clip contours
+        no_clip : bool
+            Do NOT clip contours or image at the boundaries [Default will clip
+            to fit inside region].
         Q : float or str
             Do not draw contours with less than cut number of points.
             ``'[cut[unit]][+z]'``
@@ -1085,6 +1100,7 @@ def legend(self, spec=None, position="JTR+jTR+o0.2c", box="+gwhite+p1p", **kwarg
         C="clearance",
         D="offset",
         G="fill",
+        N="no_clip",
         V="verbose",
         W="pen",
         X="xshift",
@@ -1197,6 +1213,9 @@ def text(
             Sets the pen used to draw a rectangle around the text string
             (see *clearance*) [Default is width = default, color = black,
             style = solid].
+        no_clip : bool
+            Do NOT clip text at map boundaries [Default is False, i.e. will
+            clip].
         {V}
         {XY}
         {p}
@@ -1255,6 +1274,7 @@ def text(
         J="projection",
         B="frame",
         C="offset",
+        N="no_clip",
         V="verbose",
         X="xshift",
         Y="yshift",
@@ -1353,6 +1373,10 @@ def meca(
             circle is plotted at the initial location and a line connects
             the beachball to the circle. Specify pen and optionally append
             ``+ssize`` to change the line style and/or size of the circle.
+        no_clip : bool
+            Does NOT skip symbols that fall outside frame boundary specified by
+            *region* [Default is False, i.e. plot symbols inside map frame
+            only].
         {J}
         {R}
         {B}