From 5c83d0c6cfff5a9dff0fcbaa6ab2b502965b8070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake VanderPlas <jakevdp@google.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 06:35:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix docstring for to_markdown buf parameter

---
 pandas/core/generic.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 3b1d7e4c50be5..3bb584d4d34e8 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -1922,10 +1922,8 @@ def _repr_data_resource_(self):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    buf : writable buffer, defaults to sys.stdout
-        Where to send the output. By default, the output is printed to
-        sys.stdout. Pass a writable buffer if you need to further process
-        the output.
+    buf : str, Path or StringIO-like, optional, default None
+        Buffer to write to. If None, the output is returned as a string.
     mode : str, optional
         Mode in which file is opened.
     **kwargs