diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt
index de1ba94723c060..0928221827645b 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ Deprecations
 - ``Series.valid`` is deprecated. Use :meth:`Series.dropna` instead (:issue:`18800`).
 - :func:`read_excel` has deprecated the ``skip_footer`` parameter. Use ``skipfooter`` instead (:issue:`18836`)
 - The ``is_copy`` attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future version (:issue:`18801`).
-- The ``convert_datetime64`` parameter has been deprecated and the default value is now ``False`` in :func:`to_records` as the NumPy bug motivating this parameter has been resolved (:issue:`18160`).
+- The ``convert_datetime64`` parameter in :func:`DataFrame.to_records` has been deprecated and the default value is now ``False``. The NumPy bug motivating this parameter has been resolved (:issue:`18160`).
 
 .. _whatsnew_0230.prior_deprecations: