diff --git a/types/react/experimental.d.ts b/types/react/experimental.d.ts
index 848a2650ef997a..0e360019458ee3 100644
--- a/types/react/experimental.d.ts
+++ b/types/react/experimental.d.ts
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ declare module '.' {
      *
      * The `useTransition` hook returns two values in an array.
      *
-     * The first is a function that takes a callback. We can use it to tell React which state we want to defer.
-     * The seconda boolean. It’s React’s way of informing us whether we’re waiting for the transition to finish.
+     * The first is boolean, React’s way of informing us whether we’re waiting for the transition to finish.
+     * The seconda is a function that takes a callback. We can use it to tell React which state we want to defer.
      *
      * **If some state update causes a component to suspend, that state update should be wrapped in a transition.**
      *
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ declare module '.' {
      *
      * @see https://reactjs.org/docs/concurrent-mode-reference.html#usetransition
      */
-    export function unstable_useTransition(): [TransitionStartFunction, boolean];
+    export function unstable_useTransition(): [boolean, TransitionStartFunction];
 
     const opaqueIdentifierBranding: unique symbol;
     /**
diff --git a/types/react/test/experimental.tsx b/types/react/test/experimental.tsx
index 99894df7d44825..49c4182ed2c9b7 100644
--- a/types/react/test/experimental.tsx
+++ b/types/react/test/experimental.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import React = require('react');
 function useExperimentalHooks() {
     const [toggle, setToggle] = React.useState(false);
 
-    const [startTransition, done] = React.unstable_useTransition();
+    const [done, startTransition] = React.unstable_useTransition();
     // $ExpectType boolean
     done;