diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
index c896e68f7a188..6b6753ff31e29 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
@@ -3936,18 +3936,35 @@ def memory_usage(self, deep: bool = False) -> int:
 
     def where(self, cond, other=None):
         """
-        Return an Index of same shape as self and whose corresponding
-        entries are from self where cond is True and otherwise are from
-        other.
+        Replace values where the condition is False.
+
+        The replacement is taken from other.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cond : bool array-like with the same length as self
-        other : scalar, or array-like
+            Condition to select the values on.
+        other : scalar, or array-like, default None
+            Replacement if the condition is False.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        Index
+        pandas.Index
+            A copy of self with values replaced from other
+            where the condition is False.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        Series.where : Same method for Series.
+        DataFrame.where : Same method for DataFrame.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> idx = pd.Index(['car', 'bike', 'train', 'tractor'])
+        >>> idx
+        Index(['car', 'bike', 'train', 'tractor'], dtype='object')
+        >>> idx.where(idx.isin(['car', 'train']), 'other')
+        Index(['car', 'other', 'train', 'other'], dtype='object')
         """
         if other is None:
             other = self._na_value