diff --git a/doc/source/development/policies.rst b/doc/source/development/policies.rst
index 1031bbfc46457..a564afc408df9 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/policies.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/policies.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ Python support
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 pandas will only drop support for specific Python versions (e.g. 3.6.x, 3.7.x) in
-pandas **major** releases.
+pandas **major** or **minor** releases.
 
 .. _SemVer: https://semver.org