diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
index bab3d2d1b5431..4573fd7fc6da3 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ def __new__(
             if subarr.ndim > 1:
                 # GH#13601, GH#20285, GH#27125
                 raise ValueError("Index data must be 1-dimensional")
-            return cls._simple_new(subarr, name, **kwargs)
+            return cls._simple_new(subarr, name)
 
         elif hasattr(data, "__array__"):
             return Index(np.asarray(data), dtype=dtype, copy=copy, name=name, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index e79404ccd9521..deab7cf91898a 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -4550,7 +4550,7 @@ def to_period(self, freq=None, copy=True) -> "Series":
         return self._constructor(new_values, index=new_index).__finalize__(self)
 
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Add index and columns
+    # Add index
     index: "Index" = properties.AxisProperty(
         axis=0, doc="The index (axis labels) of the Series."
     )
diff --git a/pandas/io/json/_normalize.py b/pandas/io/json/_normalize.py
index cf292a13fed7f..b638bdc0bc1eb 100644
--- a/pandas/io/json/_normalize.py
+++ b/pandas/io/json/_normalize.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _json_normalize(
     meta: Optional[Union[str, List[Union[str, List[str]]]]] = None,
     meta_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
     record_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
-    errors: Optional[str] = "raise",
+    errors: str = "raise",
     sep: str = ".",
     max_level: Optional[int] = None,
 ) -> "DataFrame":