diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 81ffb243cd302..41bd3436372b8 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -9454,14 +9454,15 @@ def resample(
         origin : Timestamp or str, default 'start_day'
             The timestamp on which to adjust the grouping. The timezone of origin
             must match the timezone of the index.
-            If string, must be one of the following:
+            
+            If a string, it should be either a timestamp convertible string or 
+            one of the following predefined options:
+            - 'epoch': origin is 1970-01-01
+            - 'start': origin is the first value of the timeseries
+            - 'start_day': origin is the first day at midnight of the timeseries
+            - 'end': origin is the last value of the timeseries
+            - 'end_day': origin is the ceiling midnight of the last day
 
-            - 'epoch': `origin` is 1970-01-01
-            - 'start': `origin` is the first value of the timeseries
-            - 'start_day': `origin` is the first day at midnight of the timeseries
-
-            - 'end': `origin` is the last value of the timeseries
-            - 'end_day': `origin` is the ceiling midnight of the last day
 
             .. versionadded:: 1.3.0