diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index cec6ce2cabcdd..8ec4655c0a309 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -2093,7 +2093,9 @@ def convert_objects(self, convert_dates=True, convert_numeric=False,
             strings), non-convertibles get NaN
         convert_timedeltas : if True, attempt to soft convert timedeltas, if 'coerce',
             force conversion (and non-convertibles get NaT)
-        copy : Boolean, if True, return copy, default is True
+        copy : Boolean, if True, return copy even if no copy is necessary 
+            (e.g. no conversion was done), default is True.
+            It is meant for internal use, not to be confused with `inplace` kw.
 
         Returns
         -------