diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 4eb7865523cc3..7fc9a91c83267 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -4343,7 +4343,7 @@ def astype(self, dtype, copy=True, errors='raise', **kwargs):
         pandas object may propagate changes:
 
         >>> s1 = pd.Series([1,2])
-        >>> s2 = s1.astype('int', copy=False)
+        >>> s2 = s1.astype('int64', copy=False)
         >>> s2[0] = 10
         >>> s1  # note that s1[0] has changed too
         0    10