diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index 38327f08e47..916ff849b3c 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -6457,8 +6457,6 @@ def kurtosis(
             axis, skipna, level, numeric_only, **kwargs
         )
 
-    kurt = kurtosis
-
     def skew(
         self, axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, numeric_only=None, **kwargs
     ):
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/frame.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/frame.py
index 8b797e9d421..9f743cd8c85 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/frame.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/frame.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 )
 from cudf.core.column_accessor import ColumnAccessor
 from cudf.core.join import merge
+from cudf.utils.docutils import copy_docstring
 from cudf.utils.dtypes import (
     _is_non_decimal_numeric_dtype,
     _is_scalar_or_zero_d_array,
@@ -4112,7 +4113,17 @@ def kurtosis(
         )
 
     # Alias for kurtosis.
-    kurt = kurtosis
+    @copy_docstring(kurtosis)
+    def kurt(
+        self, axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, numeric_only=None, **kwargs
+    ):
+        return self.kurtosis(
+            axis=axis,
+            skipna=skipna,
+            level=level,
+            numeric_only=numeric_only,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
 
     def skew(
         self, axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, numeric_only=None, **kwargs