diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 7d52522..3603d4f 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@
 }
 
 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\
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\
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 35683d0..79b0aa7 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -8201,7 +8201,7 @@
 }
 
 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\