diff --git a/doc/source/categorical.rst b/doc/source/categorical.rst
index 1b5b4746336ad..0a12ed1bf03d1 100644
--- a/doc/source/categorical.rst
+++ b/doc/source/categorical.rst
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ which are removed are replaced by ``np.nan``.:
     s = s.cat.remove_categories([4])
     s
 
-Renaming unused categories
+Removing unused categories
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Removing unused categories can also be done: