diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index bd720151fb15e..18a9c78912ba5 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -3970,7 +3970,7 @@ def reindex_like(
             Maximum number of consecutive labels to fill for inexact matches.
         tolerance : optional
             Maximum distance between original and new labels for inexact
-            matches. The values of the index at the matching locations most
+            matches. The values of the index at the matching locations must
             satisfy the equation ``abs(index[indexer] - target) <= tolerance``.
 
             Tolerance may be a scalar value, which applies the same tolerance
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
index 84489c1033d8c..35948a3f3dcf1 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
@@ -2922,7 +2922,7 @@ def get_loc(self, key, method=None, tolerance=None):
               distances are broken by preferring the larger index value.
         tolerance : int or float, optional
             Maximum distance from index value for inexact matches. The value of
-            the index at the matching location most satisfy the equation
+            the index at the matching location must satisfy the equation
             ``abs(index[loc] - key) <= tolerance``.
 
         Returns
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ def get_loc(self, key, method=None, tolerance=None):
             inexact matches.
         tolerance : optional
             Maximum distance between original and new labels for inexact
-            matches. The values of the index at the matching locations most
+            matches. The values of the index at the matching locations must
             satisfy the equation ``abs(index[indexer] - target) <= tolerance``.
 
             Tolerance may be a scalar value, which applies the same tolerance