diff --git a/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h b/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h
index 7711434f17c2bc..949befa13bb9b7 100644
--- a/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h
+++ b/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(unicode_rsplit__doc__,
 "    character (including \\n \\r \\t \\f and spaces) and will discard\n"
 "    empty strings from the result.\n"
 "  maxsplit\n"
-"    Maximum number of splits (starting from the left).\n"
+"    Maximum number of splits (starting from the right).\n"
 "    -1 (the default value) means no limit.\n"
 "\n"
 "Splitting starts at the end of the string and works to the front.");
@@ -1505,4 +1505,4 @@ unicode_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=873d8b3d09af3095 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=392a9ebd2077f89d input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 836e14fd5d5dea..8f58bc1f0167bb 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -12686,7 +12686,17 @@ PyUnicode_RSplit(PyObject *s, PyObject *sep, Py_ssize_t maxsplit)
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]
-str.rsplit as unicode_rsplit = str.split
+str.rsplit as unicode_rsplit
+
+    sep: object = None
+        The separator used to split the string.
+
+        When set to None (the default value), will split on any whitespace
+        character (including \n \r \t \f and spaces) and will discard
+        empty strings from the result.
+    maxsplit: Py_ssize_t = -1
+        Maximum number of splits (starting from the right).
+        -1 (the default value) means no limit.
 
 Return a list of the substrings in the string, using sep as the separator string.
 
@@ -12695,7 +12705,7 @@ Splitting starts at the end of the string and works to the front.
 
 static PyObject *
 unicode_rsplit_impl(PyObject *self, PyObject *sep, Py_ssize_t maxsplit)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=c2b815c63bcabffc input=ea78406060fce33c]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=c2b815c63bcabffc input=e58ee898aeab2b5e]*/
 {
     if (sep == Py_None)
         return rsplit(self, NULL, maxsplit);