diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 86b6c4a6cf575..dd1e03056b702 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -10732,7 +10732,7 @@ def all(self, axis=0, bool_only=None, skipna=True, level=None, **kwargs):
 
         @doc(
             desc="Return the mean absolute deviation of the values "
-            "for the requested axis.",
+            "over the requested axis.",
             name1=name1,
             name2=name2,
             axis_descr=axis_descr,
@@ -10868,7 +10868,7 @@ def cumprod(self, axis=None, skipna=True, *args, **kwargs):
 
         @doc(
             _num_doc,
-            desc="Return the sum of the values for the requested axis.\n\n"
+            desc="Return the sum of the values over the requested axis.\n\n"
             "This is equivalent to the method ``numpy.sum``.",
             name1=name1,
             name2=name2,
@@ -10894,7 +10894,7 @@ def sum(
 
         @doc(
             _num_doc,
-            desc="Return the product of the values for the requested axis.",
+            desc="Return the product of the values over the requested axis.",
             name1=name1,
             name2=name2,
             axis_descr=axis_descr,
@@ -10920,7 +10920,7 @@ def prod(
 
         @doc(
             _num_doc,
-            desc="Return the mean of the values for the requested axis.",
+            desc="Return the mean of the values over the requested axis.",
             name1=name1,
             name2=name2,
             axis_descr=axis_descr,
@@ -10969,7 +10969,7 @@ def kurt(self, axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, numeric_only=None, **kwargs):
 
         @doc(
             _num_doc,
-            desc="Return the median of the values for the requested axis.",
+            desc="Return the median of the values over the requested axis.",
             name1=name1,
             name2=name2,
             axis_descr=axis_descr,
@@ -10986,7 +10986,7 @@ def median(
 
         @doc(
             _num_doc,
-            desc="Return the maximum of the values for the requested axis.\n\n"
+            desc="Return the maximum of the values over the requested axis.\n\n"
             "If you want the *index* of the maximum, use ``idxmax``. This is"
             "the equivalent of the ``numpy.ndarray`` method ``argmax``.",
             name1=name1,
@@ -11003,7 +11003,7 @@ def max(self, axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, numeric_only=None, **kwargs):
 
         @doc(
             _num_doc,
-            desc="Return the minimum of the values for the requested axis.\n\n"
+            desc="Return the minimum of the values over the requested axis.\n\n"
             "If you want the *index* of the minimum, use ``idxmin``. This is"
             "the equivalent of the ``numpy.ndarray`` method ``argmin``.",
             name1=name1,