fixup post merge

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -6227,7 +6227,7 @@ def f(vals) -> tuple[np.ndarray, int]:
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Sorting
     # TODO: Just move the sort_values doc here.
-    @deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(version="2.0", allowed_args=["self", "by"])
+    @deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(version=None, allowed_args=["self", "by"])
     @Substitution(**_shared_doc_kwargs)
     @Appender(NDFrame.sort_values.__doc__)
     # error: Signature of "sort_values" incompatible with supertype "NDFrame"

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ def update(self, other) -> None:
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Reindexing, sorting
 
-    @deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(version="2.0", allowed_args=["self"])
+    @deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(version=None, allowed_args=["self"])
     def sort_values(
         self,
         axis=0,

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_sort_values.py

@@ -861,8 +861,10 @@ def test_sort_values_pos_args_deprecation(self):
         # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/41485
         df = DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})
         msg = (
-            r"Starting with Pandas version 2\.0 all arguments of sort_values except "
-            r"for the arguments 'self' and 'by' will be keyword-only"
+            r"In a future version of pandas all arguments of DataFrame\.sort_values "
+            r"except for the argument 'by' will be keyword-only"
         )
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
-            df.sort_values("a", 0)
+            result = df.sort_values("a", 0)
+        expected = DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)

pandas/tests/series/methods/test_sort_values.py

@@ -191,11 +191,13 @@ def test_sort_values_pos_args_deprecation(self):
         # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/41485
         ser = Series([1, 2, 3])
         msg = (
-            r"Starting with Pandas version 2\.0 all arguments of sort_values except "
-            r"for the argument 'self' will be keyword-only"
+            r"In a future version of pandas all arguments of Series\.sort_values "
+            r"will be keyword-only"
         )
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
-            ser.sort_values(0)
+            result = ser.sort_values(0)
+        expected = Series([1, 2, 3])
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
 
 class TestSeriesSortingKey: