diff --git a/pandas/core/categorical.py b/pandas/core/categorical.py
index a9e5d1f3f0ebd..05f2e6516292a 100644
--- a/pandas/core/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/categorical.py
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class Categorical(PandasObject):
     Categories (3, object): [a < b < c]
 
     >>> a = Categorical(['a','b','c','a','b','c'], ['c', 'b', 'a'])
+    >>> a = a.as_ordered()
     >>> a.min()
     'c'
     """