diff --git a/scipy-stubs/io/wavfile.pyi b/scipy-stubs/io/wavfile.pyi
index bdd472bb..aedff422 100644
--- a/scipy-stubs/io/wavfile.pyi
+++ b/scipy-stubs/io/wavfile.pyi
@@ -287,5 +287,5 @@ class WAVE_FORMAT(IntEnum):
     EXTENSIBLE = 0xFFFE
     DEVELOPMENT = 0xFFFF
 
-def read(filename: FileLike[bytes], mmap: bool = False) -> onp.Array[_Shape1D | _Shape2D, _ScalarR]: ...
+def read(filename: FileLike[bytes], mmap: bool = False) -> tuple[int, onp.Array[_Shape1D | _Shape2D, _ScalarR]]: ...
 def write(filename: FileLike[bytes], rate: int, data: onp.Array[_Shape1D | _Shape2D, _ScalarW]) -> None: ...