diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style.py b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
index a3899fb880e6c..54568d5cd18bb 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
@@ -2598,11 +2598,11 @@ def hide_index(
         Styler.hide: Hide the entire index / columns, or specific rows / columns.
         """
         warnings.warn(
-            "this method is deprecated in favour of `Styler.hide(axis='index')`",
+            'this method is deprecated in favour of `Styler.hide(axis="index")`',
             FutureWarning,
             stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
         )
-        return self.hide(axis=0, level=level, subset=subset, names=names)
+        return self.hide(axis="index", level=level, subset=subset, names=names)
 
     def hide_columns(
         self,
@@ -2651,11 +2651,11 @@ def hide_columns(
         Styler.hide: Hide the entire index / columns, or specific rows / columns.
         """
         warnings.warn(
-            "this method is deprecated in favour of `Styler.hide(axis='columns')`",
+            'this method is deprecated in favour of `Styler.hide(axis="columns")`',
             FutureWarning,
             stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
         )
-        return self.hide(axis=1, level=level, subset=subset, names=names)
+        return self.hide(axis="columns", level=level, subset=subset, names=names)
 
     def hide(
         self,