diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 3d7b0b2aa56..d80e694ba95 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@ bytearray_partition(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *sep_obj)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rpartition__doc__,
-"B.rpartition(sep) -> (tail, sep, head)\n\
+"B.rpartition(sep) -> (head, sep, tail)\n\
 \n\
 Search for the separator sep in B, starting at the end of B,\n\
 and return the part before it, the separator itself, and the\n\
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index fb4a845b40d..6584462e4dd 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ bytes_partition(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *sep_obj)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rpartition__doc__,
-"B.rpartition(sep) -> (tail, sep, head)\n\
+"B.rpartition(sep) -> (head, sep, tail)\n\
 \n\
 Search for the separator sep in B, starting at the end of B,\n\
 and return the part before it, the separator itself, and the\n\
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 62bad6db72d..5fd23729b6a 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -8386,7 +8386,7 @@ unicode_partition(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *separator)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rpartition__doc__,
-             "S.rpartition(sep) -> (tail, sep, head)\n\
+             "S.rpartition(sep) -> (head, sep, tail)\n\
 \n\
 Search for the separator sep in S, starting at the end of S, and return\n\
 the part before it, the separator itself, and the part after it.  If the\n\