Behavior of Incomplete Gamma function with negative s, as x goes to zero

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From the second item under the Asymptotic Behavior section of the Wikipedia article for the incomplete gamma function, it is written that

$$ \frac{\Gamma(s,x)}{x^s} \to -\frac{1}{s} \text{ as } x \to 0 \text{ and } \Re(s) < 0 $$

where the (upper) incomplete gamma function $\Gamma$ is defined as

$$ \Gamma(s,x) := \int_x^\infty t^{s-1} e^{-t} \,\mathrm{d}t $$

How do you derive this asymptotic behavior (at least when $s$ is real)? There doesn't seem to be a reference for this statement. Maybe it can be derived from the following statement, also from the Wikipedia article?

$\Gamma(s,x) \sim \Gamma(s) - \sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n \frac{x^{s+n}}{n!(s+n)}$ as an asymptotic series where $x\to0^+$ and $s\neq 0,-1,-2,\dots$