diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/timeseries.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/timeseries.rst
index 32f0cac3f81e2..d97b1e48bdf07 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/timeseries.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/timeseries.rst
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ into ``freq`` keyword arguments. The available date offsets and associated frequ
     :header: "Date Offset", "Frequency String", "Description"
     :widths: 15, 15, 65
 
-    :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.DateOffset`, None, "Generic offset class, defaults to 1 calendar day"
+    :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.DateOffset`, None, "Generic offset class, defaults to absolute 24 hours"
     :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.BDay` or :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.BusinessDay`, ``'B'``,"business day (weekday)"
     :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.CDay` or :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.CustomBusinessDay`, ``'C'``, "custom business day"
     :class:`~pandas.tseries.offsets.Week`, ``'W'``, "one week, optionally anchored on a day of the week"