diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index f23aac9ad3a52..ac2ec40d6305d 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -3008,7 +3008,7 @@ def to_csv(self, path_or_buf=None, sep=",", na_rep='', float_format=None,
         See Also
         --------
         read_csv : Load a CSV file into a DataFrame.
-        to_excel : Load an Excel file into a DataFrame.
+        to_excel : Write DataFrame to an Excel file.
 
         Examples
         --------