diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 0899e9cd87aba..1c7339a91c2fd 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -3720,7 +3720,7 @@ def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
         copy : boolean, default True
             Also copy underlying data
         inplace : boolean, default False
-            Whether to return a new %(klass)s. If True then value of copy is
+            Whether to return a new DataFrame. If True then value of copy is
             ignored.
         level : int or level name, default None
             In case of a MultiIndex, only rename labels in the specified
diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index f25f73513df30..d59401414181f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -3269,7 +3269,7 @@ def rename(self, index=None, **kwargs):
         copy : boolean, default True
             Also copy underlying data
         inplace : boolean, default False
-            Whether to return a new %(klass)s. If True then value of copy is
+            Whether to return a new Series. If True then value of copy is
             ignored.
         level : int or level name, default None
             In case of a MultiIndex, only rename labels in the specified