diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index be40f65186d2d..fc512d23a05ba 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ def compress(self, condition, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def nonzero(self):
         """
-        Return the indices of the elements that are non-zero
+        Return the *integer* indices of the elements that are non-zero
 
         This method is equivalent to calling `numpy.nonzero` on the
         series data. For compatibility with NumPy, the return value is
@@ -508,6 +508,15 @@ def nonzero(self):
         3    4
         dtype: int64
 
+        >>> s = pd.Series([0, 3, 0, 4], index=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
+        # same return although index of s is different
+        >>> s.nonzero()
+        (array([1, 3]),)
+        >>> s.iloc[s.nonzero()[0]]
+        b    3
+        d    4
+        dtype: int64
+
         See Also
         --------
         numpy.nonzero