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diff --git a/pylint/extensions/_check_docs_utils.py b/pylint/extensions/_check_docs_utils.py
index a995e15e2..594bd860e 100644
--- a/pylint/extensions/_check_docs_utils.py
+++ b/pylint/extensions/_check_docs_utils.py
@@ -694,8 +694,9 @@ class NumpyDocstring(GoogleDocstring):
)
re_returns_line = re.compile(r"""
- \s* ({type})$ # type declaration
- \s* (.*) # optional description
+ \s* (?:\w+\s+:\s+)? # optional name
+ ({type})$ # type declaration
+ \s* (.*) # optional description
""".format(
type=GoogleDocstring.re_multiple_type,
), re.X | re.S | re.M)