diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx
index de44f0da8275e..73b88b4b147f8 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ cdef class _Period(PeriodMixin):
     @property
     def daysinmonth(self) -> int:
         """
-        Get the total number of days of the month that the Period falls in.
+        Get the total number of days of the month that this period falls on.
 
         Returns
         -------