diff --git a/pandas/core/strings.py b/pandas/core/strings.py
index b98fa106336fc..1703de5714bdf 100644
--- a/pandas/core/strings.py
+++ b/pandas/core/strings.py
@@ -348,19 +348,54 @@ def str_startswith(arr, pat, na=np.nan):
 
 def str_endswith(arr, pat, na=np.nan):
     """
-    Return boolean Series indicating whether each string in the
-    Series/Index ends with passed pattern. Equivalent to
-    :meth:`str.endswith`.
+    Test if the end of each string element matches a pattern.
+
+    Equivalent to :meth:`str.endswith`.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    pat : string
-        Character sequence
-    na : bool, default NaN
+    pat : str
+        Character sequence. Regular expressions are not accepted.
+    na : object, default NaN
+        Object shown if element tested is not a string.
 
     Returns
     -------
-    endswith : Series/array of boolean values
+    Series or Index of bool
+        A Series of booleans indicating whether the given pattern matches
+        the end of each string element.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    str.endswith : Python standard library string method.
+    Series.str.startswith : Same as endswith, but tests the start of string.
+    Series.str.contains : Tests if string element contains a pattern.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> s = pd.Series(['bat', 'bear', 'caT', np.nan])
+    >>> s
+    0     bat
+    1    bear
+    2     caT
+    3     NaN
+    dtype: object
+
+    >>> s.str.endswith('t')
+    0     True
+    1    False
+    2    False
+    3      NaN
+    dtype: object
+
+    Specifying `na` to be `False` instead of `NaN`.
+
+    >>> s.str.endswith('t', na=False)
+    0     True
+    1    False
+    2    False
+    3    False
+    dtype: bool
     """
     f = lambda x: x.endswith(pat)
     return _na_map(f, arr, na, dtype=bool)