diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 473f69591aa70..bd7b7789cc0b6 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -11764,7 +11764,7 @@ def count(self, axis: Axis = 0, numeric_only: bool = False) -> Series:
         axis : {0 or 'index', 1 or 'columns'}, default 0
             If 0 or 'index' counts are generated for each column.
             If 1 or 'columns' counts are generated for each row.
-        numeric_only : bool, default False
+        numeric_only : bool, default False.
             Include only `float`, `int` or `boolean` data.
 
         Returns
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_select_dtypes.py b/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_select_dtypes.py
index 0354e9df3d168..d18f45ef63dcd 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_select_dtypes.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_select_dtypes.py
@@ -483,3 +483,10 @@ def test_select_dtypes_no_view(self):
         result = df.select_dtypes(include=["number"])
         result.iloc[0, 0] = 0
         tm.assert_frame_equal(df, df_orig)
+
+    def test_select_dtypes_empty_frame():
+        # Test that select_dtypes works on a completely empty DataFrame
+        df = DataFrame()
+        result = df.select_dtypes(include="int64")
+        expected = DataFrame()
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)