diff --git a/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx b/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx
index 79aa24e4ce8e3..8fe9465a13d9c 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx
+++ b/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx
@@ -1014,11 +1014,8 @@ cdef class _MetadataRecordBatchReader(_Weakrefable, _ReadPandasMixin):
 
         Returns
         -------
-        data : FlightStreamChunk
+        chunk : FlightStreamChunk
             The next FlightStreamChunk in the stream.
-        app_metadata : Buffer or None
-            Application-specific metadata for the batch as defined by
-            Flight.
 
         Raises
         ------