diff --git a/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/01_table_oriented.rst b/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/01_table_oriented.rst
index 9ee3bfc3b8e79..dc9bec2284aab 100644
--- a/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/01_table_oriented.rst
+++ b/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/01_table_oriented.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ I want to store passenger data of the Titanic. For a number of passengers, I kno
     df
 
 To manually store data in a table, create a ``DataFrame``. When using a Python dictionary of lists, the dictionary keys will be used as column headers and
-the values in each list as rows of the ``DataFrame``.
+the values in each list as columns of the ``DataFrame``.
 
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@@ -215,4 +215,4 @@ A more extended explanation to ``DataFrame`` and ``Series`` is provided in the :
 
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+    </div>