diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 940231233e308..57f180da455ca 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -6340,10 +6340,12 @@ def astype(
             mapping, e.g. {col: dtype, ...}, where col is a column label and dtype is
             a numpy.dtype or Python type to cast one or more of the DataFrame's
             columns to column-specific types.
-        copy : bool, default False
-            Return a copy when ``copy=True`` (be very careful setting
-            ``copy=False`` as changes to values then may propagate to other
-            pandas objects).
+        copy : bool or None, default None
+            Whether to copy the data or not.
+
+            - True : always return a new object.
+            - False : try to avoid copying and return a view if possible.
+            - None : use the default lazy-copy behavior (recommended).
 
             .. note::
                 The `copy` keyword will change behavior in pandas 3.0.