diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 85b6a8431617a..c1c659ffdc17f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -1012,6 +1012,9 @@ def rename_axis(self, mapper=lib.no_default, **kwargs):
         index, columns : scalar, list-like, dict-like or function, optional
             A scalar, list-like, dict-like or functions transformations to
             apply to that axis' values.
+            Note that the ``columns`` parameter is not allowed if the
+            object is a Series. This parameter only apply for DataFrame
+            type objects.
 
             Use either ``mapper`` and ``axis`` to
             specify the axis to target with ``mapper``, or ``index``