diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
index 83beec5607986..1542350bea85a 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Other API changes
 Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
--
+- The ``notebook`` argument of :meth:`DataFrame.to_html` is deprecated (:issue:`23820`).
 -
 
 .. _whatsnew_1000.prior_deprecations:
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 3d1a39a86c784..3fa90f042999d 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -2209,6 +2209,7 @@ def to_parquet(
         "                Ability to use str",
     )
     @Substitution(shared_params=fmt.common_docstring, returns=fmt.return_docstring)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(old_arg_name="notebook", new_arg_name=None)
     def to_html(
         self,
         buf=None,
@@ -2245,6 +2246,9 @@ def to_html(
             Convert the characters <, >, and & to HTML-safe sequences.
         notebook : {True, False}, default False
             Whether the generated HTML is for IPython Notebook.
+
+            .. deprecated:: 1.0.0
+
         border : int
             A ``border=border`` attribute is included in the opening
             `<table>` tag. Default ``pd.options.display.html.border``.
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_html.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_html.py
index 448e869df950d..9699c34a21c63 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_html.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_to_html.py
@@ -606,7 +606,8 @@ def test_to_html_truncation_index_false_max_cols(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("notebook", [True, False])
 def test_to_html_notebook_has_style(notebook):
     df = DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3]})
-    result = df.to_html(notebook=notebook)
+    with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning):
+        result = df.to_html(notebook=notebook)
 
     if notebook:
         assert "tbody tr th:only-of-type" in result
@@ -694,9 +695,10 @@ def test_to_html_invalid_classes_type(classes):
 def test_to_html_round_column_headers():
     # GH 17280
     df = DataFrame([1], columns=[0.55555])
-    with pd.option_context("display.precision", 3):
-        html = df.to_html(notebook=False)
-        notebook = df.to_html(notebook=True)
+    with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning):
+        with pd.option_context("display.precision", 3):
+            html = df.to_html(notebook=False)
+            notebook = df.to_html(notebook=True)
     assert "0.55555" in html
     assert "0.556" in notebook