diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py
index a25a698856747..5164c97479376 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ def strftime(self, date_format: str) -> npt.NDArray[np.object_]:
     Parameters
     ----------
     freq : str or Offset
-        The frequency level to {op} the index to. Must be a fixed
+        The frequency level to {op} the index to must be a fixed
         frequency like 's' (second) not 'ME' (month end). See
         :ref:`frequency aliases <timeseries.offset_aliases>` for
         a list of possible `freq` values.