diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index f3ef4b8..4c2faf4 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -1543,11 +1543,11 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rpartition__doc__,
-"S.rpartition(sep) -> (head, sep, tail)\n\
+"S.rpartition(sep) -> (tail, sep, head)\n\
 \n\
 Searches for the separator sep in S, starting at the end of S, and returns\n\
 the part before it, the separator itself, and the part after it.  If the\n\
-separator is not found, returns S and two empty strings.");
+separator is not found, returns two empty strings and S.");
 
 static PyObject *
 string_rpartition(PyStringObject *self, PyObject *sep_obj)