diff --git a/pandas/core/base.py b/pandas/core/base.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pandas/core/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/base.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class IndexOpsMixin(OpsMixin):
 
     def item(self):
         """
-        Return the first element of the underlying data as a python scalar.
+        Return the first element of the underlying data as a Python scalar.
 
         Returns
         -------
DOC: capitalize Python as proper noun (#<I>)