diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 6b5e8e0799421..508893bdb70ab 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -2819,9 +2819,11 @@ def align(self, other, join='outer', axis=None, level=None, copy=True,
                                             broadcast_axis=broadcast_axis)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['reindex'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def reindex(self, index=None, columns=None, **kwargs):
+    def reindex(self, index=None, columns=None, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
+                limit=None, tolerance=None, fill_value=np.nan):
         return super(DataFrame, self).reindex(index=index, columns=columns,
-                                              **kwargs)
+                                              method=method, level=level, copy=copy,
+                                              limit=limit, tolerance=tolerance, fill_value=fill_value)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['reindex_axis'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
     def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
@@ -2832,9 +2834,9 @@ def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
                                         limit=limit, fill_value=fill_value)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['rename'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def rename(self, index=None, columns=None, **kwargs):
+    def rename(self, index=None, columns=None, copy=True, inplace=False):
         return super(DataFrame, self).rename(index=index, columns=columns,
-                                             **kwargs)
+                                             copy=copy, inplace=inplace)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['fillna'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
     def fillna(self, value=None, method=None, axis=None, inplace=False,
diff --git a/pandas/core/panel.py b/pandas/core/panel.py
index 50ddc24ac9656..31158685671f6 100644
--- a/pandas/core/panel.py
+++ b/pandas/core/panel.py
@@ -1160,22 +1160,25 @@ def _wrap_result(self, result, axis):
         return self._construct_return_type(result, axes)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['reindex'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def reindex(self, items=None, major_axis=None, minor_axis=None, **kwargs):
+    def reindex(self, items=None, major_axis=None, minor_axis=None, method=None,
+                level=None, copy=True, limit=None, tolerance=None, fill_value=np.nan):
         major_axis = (major_axis if major_axis is not None else
                       kwargs.pop('major', None))
         minor_axis = (minor_axis if minor_axis is not None else
                       kwargs.pop('minor', None))
         return super(Panel, self).reindex(items=items, major_axis=major_axis,
-                                          minor_axis=minor_axis, **kwargs)
+                                          minor_axis=minor_axis, method=None,
+                                          level=level, copy=copy, limit=limit,
+                                          tolerance=tolerance, fill_value=fill_value)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['rename'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def rename(self, items=None, major_axis=None, minor_axis=None, **kwargs):
+    def rename(self, items=None, major_axis=None, minor_axis=None, copy=True, inplace=False):
         major_axis = (major_axis if major_axis is not None else
                       kwargs.pop('major', None))
         minor_axis = (minor_axis if minor_axis is not None else
                       kwargs.pop('minor', None))
         return super(Panel, self).rename(items=items, major_axis=major_axis,
-                                         minor_axis=minor_axis, **kwargs)
+                                         minor_axis=minor_axis, copy=copy, inplace=inplace)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['reindex_axis'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
     def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index 0913592e055cd..042ae5bb12b30 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -2301,7 +2301,7 @@ def align(self, other, join='outer', axis=None, level=None, copy=True,
                                          broadcast_axis=broadcast_axis)
 
     @Appender(generic._shared_docs['rename'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def rename(self, index=None, **kwargs):
+    def rename(self, index=None, copy=True, inplace=False):
         kwargs['inplace'] = validate_bool_kwarg(kwargs.get('inplace', False),
                                                 'inplace')
 
@@ -2309,11 +2309,14 @@ def rename(self, index=None, **kwargs):
                                            not is_dict_like(index))
         if non_mapping:
             return self._set_name(index, inplace=kwargs.get('inplace'))
-        return super(Series, self).rename(index=index, **kwargs)
+        return super(Series, self).rename(index=index, copy=copy, inplace=inplace)
 
     @Appender(generic._shared_docs['reindex'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def reindex(self, index=None, **kwargs):
-        return super(Series, self).reindex(index=index, **kwargs)
+    def reindex(self, index=None, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
+                limit=None, tolerance=None, fill_value=np.nan):
+        return super(Series, self).reindex(index=index, method=method, level=level,
+                                            copy=copy, limit=limit,
+                                            tolerance=tolerance, fill_value=fill_value)
 
     @Appender(generic._shared_docs['fillna'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
     def fillna(self, value=None, method=None, axis=None, inplace=False,
@@ -2327,11 +2330,13 @@ def fillna(self, value=None, method=None, axis=None, inplace=False,
     def shift(self, periods=1, freq=None, axis=0):
         return super(Series, self).shift(periods=periods, freq=freq, axis=axis)
 
-    def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, **kwargs):
+    def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True, limit=None, fill_value=np.nan):
         """ for compatibility with higher dims """
         if axis != 0:
             raise ValueError("cannot reindex series on non-zero axis!")
-        return self.reindex(index=labels, **kwargs)
+        return self.reindex(index=labels, axis=axis,
+                           method=method, level=level, copy=copy,
+                           limit=limit, fill_value=fill_value)
 
     def memory_usage(self, index=True, deep=False):
         """Memory usage of the Series