diff --git a/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py b/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
index 5bf3e0e4de2fb..8dfef9e70db52 100644
--- a/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@ def ffill(self, limit: int | None = None):
         3  1.0  3.0  NaN  NaN
         4  1.0  1.0  NaN  NaN
 
-        Only replace the first NaN element within a group along rows.
+        Only replace the first NaN element within a group along columns.
 
         >>> df.groupby("key").ffill(limit=1)
              A    B    C