diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index a5a75e0a3f7fb..8b2a563fffd30 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -9898,7 +9898,7 @@ def where(
         :ref:`indexing <indexing.where_mask>`.
 
         The dtype of the object takes precedence. The fill value is casted to
-        the objects dtype, if this can be done losslessly.
+        the object's dtype, if this can be done losslessly.
 
         Examples
         --------