--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Sun Sep 03 01:20:46 2006 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Mon Sep 04 15:32:48 2006 +0000
@@ -771,8 +771,8 @@
 Split the string at the last occurrence of \var{sep}, and return
 a 3-tuple containing the part before the separator, the separator
 itself, and the part after the separator.  If the separator is not
-found, return a 3-tuple containing the string itself, followed by
-two empty strings.
+found, return a 3-tuple containing two empty strings, followed by
+the string itself.
 \versionadded{2.5}
 \end{methoddesc}