diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index 3f04970ee4e58..b6fc9ae82048b 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ class Series(base.IndexOpsMixin, generic.NDFrame):
         Data type for the output Series. If not specified, this will be
         inferred from `data`.
         See the :ref:`user guide <basics.dtypes>` for more usages.
+    name : str, optional
+        The name to give to the Series.
     copy : bool, default False
         Copy input data.
     """