diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 87f25f578c3c6..834cd992f5650 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ def to_csv(
 
             .. versionchanged:: 1.2.0
 
-                Compression is supported for non-binary file objects.
+                Compression is supported for binary file objects.
 
         quoting : optional constant from csv module
             Defaults to csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL. If you have set a `float_format`