diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-03-10-21-48-05.bpo-46978.f5QFfw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-03-10-21-48-05.bpo-46978.f5QFfw.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..72291d042a0394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-03-10-21-48-05.bpo-46978.f5QFfw.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed docstrings for in-place operators of built-in types.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index bf6ccdb77a90f0..f2e8092aa37eec 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -8564,7 +8564,7 @@ an all-zero entry.
            #NAME "($self, /)\n--\n\n" DOC)
 #define IBSLOT(NAME, SLOT, FUNCTION, WRAPPER, DOC) \
     ETSLOT(NAME, as_number.SLOT, FUNCTION, WRAPPER, \
-           #NAME "($self, value, /)\n--\n\nReturn self" DOC "value.")
+           #NAME "($self, value, /)\n--\n\nCompute self " DOC " value.")
 #define BINSLOT(NAME, SLOT, FUNCTION, DOC) \
     ETSLOT(NAME, as_number.SLOT, FUNCTION, wrap_binaryfunc_l, \
            #NAME "($self, value, /)\n--\n\nReturn self" DOC "value.")