diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style.py b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
index 6bac3fe426f2d..6b98eaca9dacc 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ def set_table_attributes(self, attributes):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        attributes : string
+        attributes : str
 
         Returns
         -------