diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 183722c..890d044 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
 }
 
 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\