diff --git a/pandas/stats/moments.py b/pandas/stats/moments.py
index 2e13082ee5366..c4791c43278b9 100644
--- a/pandas/stats/moments.py
+++ b/pandas/stats/moments.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 _ewm_notes = r"""
 Notes
 -----
-Either center of mass or span must be specified
+Either center of mass, span or halflife must be specified
 
 EWMA is sometimes specified using a "span" parameter `s`, we have that the
 decay parameter :math:`\alpha` is related to the span as