diff --git a/pandas/tseries/base.py b/pandas/tseries/base.py
index 96213a4aec34d..4645ae24684ff 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/base.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/base.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def round(self, freq, *args, **kwargs):
     def floor(self, freq):
         return self._round(freq, np.floor)
 
-    @Appender(_round_doc % "floor")
+    @Appender(_round_doc % "ceil")
     def ceil(self, freq):
         return self._round(freq, np.ceil)