diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index 9e70120f67969..b571502f52127 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -1786,7 +1786,9 @@ def count(self, level=None):
 
     def mode(self, dropna=True) -> "Series":
         """
-        Return the mode(s) of the dataset.
+        Return the mode(s) of the Series.
+
+        The mode is the value that appears most often. There can be multiple modes.
 
         Always returns Series even if only one value is returned.