diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6579c613b1..70d6ab79b7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
   
 * `geom_contour()` now accepts a function in the `breaks` argument (@eliocamp, #4652).
 
+* Updated documentation for `geom_contour()` to correctly reflect argument 
+precedence between `bins` and `binwidth`. (@eliocamp, #4651)
+
+
 # ggplot2 3.3.5
 This is a very small release focusing on fixing a couple of untenable issues 
 that surfaced with the 3.3.4 release
diff --git a/R/geom-contour.r b/R/geom-contour.r
index 4cdb0cd234..df156c2f94 100644
--- a/R/geom-contour.r
+++ b/R/geom-contour.r
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #' @inheritParams layer
 #' @inheritParams geom_point
 #' @inheritParams geom_path
-#' @param bins Number of contour bins. Overridden by `binwidth`.
-#' @param binwidth The width of the contour bins. Overridden by `breaks`.
+#' @param binwidth The width of the contour bins. Overridden by `bins`.
+#' @param bins Number of contour bins. Overridden by `breaks`.
 #' @param breaks One of:
 #'   - Numeric vector to set the contour breaks
 #'   - A function that takes the range of the data and binwidth as input
diff --git a/man/geom_contour.Rd b/man/geom_contour.Rd
index ae5b40a987..e091362bea 100644
--- a/man/geom_contour.Rd
+++ b/man/geom_contour.Rd
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ often aesthetics, used to set an aesthetic to a fixed value, like
 \code{colour = "red"} or \code{size = 3}. They may also be parameters
 to the paired geom/stat.}
 
-\item{bins}{Number of contour bins. Overridden by \code{binwidth}.}
+\item{bins}{Number of contour bins. Overridden by \code{breaks}.}
 
-\item{binwidth}{The width of the contour bins. Overridden by \code{breaks}.}
+\item{binwidth}{The width of the contour bins. Overridden by \code{bins}.}
 
 \item{breaks}{One of:
 \itemize{