diff --git a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
index 532facb45f8..3b0bfb85da7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ Other functions
 
    Examples of returned values:
 
+   - linux-x86_64
+   - linux-aarch64
+   - solaris-2.6-sun4u
 
    Windows:
 
diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py b/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
index 7374bde223e..8ff9c99435b 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ def get_platform():
     isn't particularly important.
 
     Examples of returned values:
+       linux-x86_64
+       linux-aarch64
+       solaris-2.6-sun4u
 
 
     Windows:
diff --git a/Tools/c-analyzer/distutils/util.py b/Tools/c-analyzer/distutils/util.py
index 89ca094336f..f687a28ec2f 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: