diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index fdeec4cf7a3..9d1ef9910d9 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ 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\
 Searches for the separator sep in B, starting at the end of B,\n\
 and returns the part before it, the separator itself, and the\n\
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 43ef3fa0b6c..8434bf8de77 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ string_partition(PyStringObject *self, PyObject *sep_obj)
 }
 
 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\
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 3bb797438e7..130ca48463c 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -7461,7 +7461,7 @@ 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\