DOC: dataframe.drop return value description incorrect

[aliasgar55]

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Location of the documentation

https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.drop.html

Documentation problem

Return value for the drop function says,
Returns DataFrame or None DataFrame without the removed index or column labels or None if inplace=True.
Instead it returns the dataframe with the droped index and lables

Suggested fix for documentation

documentation should says
Returns DataFrame or None DataFrame with the index or column labels removed or None if inplace=True

[lithomas1]

Thanks for finding this, I think your version is more clear.

If you'd like, a PR for this would be welcome.

I would add in the word specified before index in the suggested fix though to be extra clear, so:
Returns DataFrame or None DataFrame with the specified index or column labels removed or None if inplace=True