diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 6e4d3610f4ffa..9682e5a864e2c 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -7368,7 +7368,7 @@ def ffill(
         downcast: dict | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     ) -> Self | None:
         """
-        Synonym for :meth:`DataFrame.fillna` with ``method='ffill'``.
+        Fill NA/NaN values by propagating the last valid observation to next valid.
 
         Returns
         -------