diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index eb6554bf2260c..f5ebd6bc08bfb 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -5538,6 +5538,24 @@ def astype(
         0    10
         1     2
         dtype: int64
+
+        Create a series of dates:
+
+        >>> ser_date = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20200101', periods=3))
+        >>> ser_date
+        0   2020-01-01
+        1   2020-01-02
+        2   2020-01-03
+        dtype: datetime64[ns]
+
+        Datetimes are localized to UTC first before
+        converting to the specified timezone:
+
+        >>> ser_date.astype('datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+        0   2019-12-31 19:00:00-05:00
+        1   2020-01-01 19:00:00-05:00
+        2   2020-01-02 19:00:00-05:00
+        dtype: datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]
         """
         if is_dict_like(dtype):
             if self.ndim == 1:  # i.e. Series