diff --git a/pandas/core/window.py b/pandas/core/window.py
index 4281d66a640e3..ea0ec79d655fb 100644
--- a/pandas/core/window.py
+++ b/pandas/core/window.py
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ class Window(_Window):
     min_periods : int, default None
         Minimum number of observations in window required to have a value
         (otherwise result is NA). For a window that is specified by an offset,
-        this will default to 1.
+        `min_periods` will default to 1. Otherwise, `min_periods` will default
+        to the size of the window.
     center : boolean, default False
         Set the labels at the center of the window.
     win_type : string, default None