diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index be3a594997c..d8f809753df 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the
       dots ``".."``.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
-      Added the *numeric_only* parameter.
+      Added the *numeric_owner* parameter.
 
 
 .. method:: TarFile.extract(member, path="", set_attrs=True, *, numeric_owner=False)
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the
       Added the *set_attrs* parameter.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
-      Added the *numeric_only* parameter.
+      Added the *numeric_owner* parameter.
 
 .. method:: TarFile.extractfile(member)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 246d9c57cba..9b221d5add0 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ to request exclusive creation.  (Contributed by Berker Peksag in :issue:`21717`.
 
 The :meth:`TarFile.extractall() <tarfile.TarFile.extractall>` and
 :meth:`TarFile.extract() <tarfile.TarFile.extract>` methods now take a keyword
-argument *numeric_only*.  If set to ``True``, the extracted files and
+argument *numeric_owner*.  If set to ``True``, the extracted files and
 directories will be owned by the numeric ``uid`` and ``gid`` from the tarfile.
 If set to ``False`` (the default, and the behavior in versions prior to 3.5),
 they will be owned by the named user and group in the tarfile.