diff --git a/pandas/tseries/holiday.py b/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
index d3d936693c266..9acb52ebe0e9f 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def holidays(self, start=None, end=None, return_name=False):
         ----------
         start : starting date, datetime-like, optional
         end : ending date, datetime-like, optional
-        return_names : bool, optional
+        return_name : bool, optional
             If True, return a series that has dates and holiday names.
             False will only return a DatetimeIndex of dates.