diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index a88dd224068ac..8aeda5c71966c 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class Series(base.IndexOpsMixin, NDFrame):  # type: ignore[misc]
         Data type for the output Series. If not specified, this will be
         inferred from `data`.
         See the :ref:`user guide <basics.dtypes>` for more usages.
-    name : str, optional
+    name : Hashable, default None
         The name to give to the Series.
     copy : bool, default False
         Copy input data. Only affects Series or 1d ndarray input. See examples.