diff --git a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi
index 09de7050f..44ab9f04f 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi
+++ b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ class Doc:
     ) -> Doc: ...
     def to_bytes(self, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> bytes: ...
     def from_bytes(self, bytes_data: bytes, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> Doc: ...
-    def to_dict(self, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> bytes: ...
-    def from_dict(self, msg: bytes, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> Doc: ...
+    def to_dict(self, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
+    def from_dict(self, msg: Dict[str, Any], *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> Doc: ...
     def extend_tensor(self, tensor: Floats2d) -> None: ...
     def retokenize(self) -> Retokenizer: ...
     def to_json(self, underscore: Optional[List[str]] = ...) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
index fb5b41692..181c0ce0f 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
@@ -1362,8 +1362,7 @@ cdef class Doc:
         """Export the document contents to a dictionary for serialization.
 
         exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
-        RETURNS (bytes): A losslessly serialized copy of the `Doc`, including
-            all annotations.
+        RETURNS (Dict[str, Any]): A dictionary representation of the `Doc`
         """
         array_head = Doc._get_array_attrs()
         strings = set()
@@ -1409,13 +1408,11 @@ cdef class Doc:
         return util.to_dict(serializers, exclude)
 
     def from_dict(self, msg, *, exclude=tuple()):
-        """Deserialize, i.e. import the document contents from a binary string.
+        """Deserialize the document contents from a dictionary representation.
 
-        data (bytes): The string to load from.
-        exclude (list): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
+        msg (Dict[str, Any]): The dictionary to load from.
+        exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
         RETURNS (Doc): Itself.
-
-        DOCS: https://spacy.io/api/doc#from_dict
         """
         if self.length != 0:
             raise ValueError(Errors.E033.format(length=self.length))