diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index 36abc04f2e631..316c4a67ad4e7 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class Series(base.IndexOpsMixin, NDFrame):  # type: ignore[misc]
     z   NaN
     dtype: float64
 
-    Note that the Index is first build with the keys from the dictionary.
+    Note that the Index is first built with the keys from the dictionary.
     After this the Series is reindexed with the given Index values, hence we
     get all NaN as a result.