diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index c38489c7b85ef..5a1b2a5dcd20b 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -4786,7 +4786,7 @@ def sample(
         frac : float, optional
             Fraction of axis items to return. Cannot be used with `n`.
         replace : bool, default False
-            Sample with or without replacement.
+            Allow or disallow sampling of the same row more than once.
         weights : str or ndarray-like, optional
             Default 'None' results in equal probability weighting.
             If passed a Series, will align with target object on index. Index