diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
index 19e9715102bf3a..c19dab5a8d8927 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
@@ -1369,7 +1369,8 @@ patch
     "as"; very useful if :func:`patch` is creating a mock object for you.
 
     :func:`patch` takes arbitrary keyword arguments. These will be passed to
-    the :class:`Mock` (or *new_callable*) on construction.
+    :class:`AsyncMock` if the patched object is asynchronous, to
+    :class:`MagicMock` otherwise or to *new_callable* if specified.
 
     ``patch.dict(...)``, ``patch.multiple(...)`` and ``patch.object(...)`` are
     available for alternate use-cases.
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/mock.py b/Lib/unittest/mock.py
index 298b41e0d7e4dd..3f071e96b1f957 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py
@@ -1651,7 +1651,8 @@ def patch(
     "as"; very useful if `patch` is creating a mock object for you.
 
     `patch` takes arbitrary keyword arguments. These will be passed to
-    the `Mock` (or `new_callable`) on construction.
+    `AsyncMock` if the patched object is asynchronous, to `MagicMock`
+    otherwise or to `new_callable` if specified.
 
     `patch.dict(...)`, `patch.multiple(...)` and `patch.object(...)` are
     available for alternate use-cases.