diff --git a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
index 9f018f9c8f0e50..8e946d31c8a1e8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ Other functions
 
    Examples of returned values:
 
-   - linux-i586
-   - linux-alpha (?)
+   - linux-x86_64
+   - linux-aarch64
    - solaris-2.6-sun4u
 
    Windows will return one of:
diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py b/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
index dad715eb087387..c4c62dee9e5648 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
@@ -650,8 +650,8 @@ def get_platform():
     isn't particularly important.
 
     Examples of returned values:
-       linux-i586
-       linux-alpha (?)
+       linux-x86_64
+       linux-aarch64
        solaris-2.6-sun4u
 
     Windows will return one of:
diff --git a/Tools/c-analyzer/distutils/util.py b/Tools/c-analyzer/distutils/util.py
index 89ca094336fdb8..f687a28ec2f40e 100644
--- a/Tools/c-analyzer/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Tools/c-analyzer/distutils/util.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def get_host_platform():
     particularly important.
 
     Examples of returned values:
-       linux-i586
-       linux-alpha (?)
+       linux-x86_64
+       linux-aarch64
        solaris-2.6-sun4u
 
     Windows will return one of: