diff --git a/pandera/dtypes.py b/pandera/dtypes.py
index dac231331..5a30a5ac6 100644
--- a/pandera/dtypes.py
+++ b/pandera/dtypes.py
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def is_complex(pandera_dtype: Union[DataType, Type[DataType]]) -> bool:
 
 
 def is_numeric(pandera_dtype: Union[DataType, Type[DataType]]) -> bool:
-    """Return True if :class:`pandera.dtypes.DataType` is a complex number."""
+    """Return True if :class:`pandera.dtypes.DataType` is a numeric."""
     return is_subdtype(pandera_dtype, _Number)