diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index c63aeb736d16a..7865cdb0455b2 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ def to_clipboard(
         --------
         DataFrame.to_csv : Write a DataFrame to a comma-separated values
             (csv) file.
-        read_clipboard : Read text from clipboard and pass to read_table.
+        read_clipboard : Read text from clipboard and pass to read_csv.
 
         Notes
         -----
@@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ def to_clipboard(
 
           - Linux : `xclip`, or `xsel` (with `PyQt4` modules)
           - Windows : none
-          - OS X : none
+          - macOS : none
 
         Examples
         --------