diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
index bccbc2f861bdd..99571de85561e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
@@ -1170,8 +1170,9 @@ def bdate_range(
         Right bound for generating dates.
     periods : int, default None
         Number of periods to generate.
-    freq : str, datetime.timedelta, or DateOffset, default 'B' (business daily)
-        Frequency strings can have multiples, e.g. '5H'.
+    freq : str, Timedelta, datetime.timedelta, or DateOffset, default 'B'
+        Frequency strings can have multiples, e.g. '5H'. The default is
+        business daily ('B').
     tz : str or None
         Time zone name for returning localized DatetimeIndex, for example
         Asia/Beijing.
diff --git a/pandas/core/tools/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/tools/datetimes.py
index dd4b21ade5cf8..f9497860c00ba 100644
--- a/pandas/core/tools/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/tools/datetimes.py
@@ -815,8 +815,10 @@ def to_datetime(
         - If :const:`'julian'`, unit must be :const:`'D'`, and origin is set to
           beginning of Julian Calendar. Julian day number :const:`0` is assigned
           to the day starting at noon on January 1, 4713 BC.
-        - If Timestamp convertible, origin is set to Timestamp identified by
-          origin.
+        - If Timestamp convertible (Timestamp, dt.datetime, np.datetimt64 or date
+          string), origin is set to Timestamp identified by origin.
+        - If a float or integer, origin is the mullisecond difference
+          relative to 1970-01-01.
     cache : bool, default True
         If :const:`True`, use a cache of unique, converted dates to apply the
         datetime conversion. May produce significant speed-up when parsing