diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
index adb90ba0819ab..886fe4594c17b 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ def __array__(self, dtype: NpDtype | None = None) -> np.ndarray:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        dtype : NpDtype or None
+        dtype : np.dtype or None
             Specifies the the dtype for the array.
 
         Returns