Merge branch '4.x'

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/directives/patches.py b/sphinx/directives/patches.py
index d4d498725..d76bb74c7 100644
--- a/sphinx/directives/patches.py
+++ b/sphinx/directives/patches.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import os
 import warnings
 from os import path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Tuple, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Sequence, Tuple, cast
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.nodes import Node, make_id, system_message
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Figure(images.Figure):
 
 
 class Meta(MetaBase, SphinxDirective):
-    def run(self) -> List[Node]:
+    def run(self) -> Sequence[Node]:
         result = super().run()
         for node in result:
             # for docutils-0.17 or older.  Since docutils-0.18, patching is no longer needed
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Meta(MetaBase, SphinxDirective):
                 # docutils' meta nodes aren't picklable because the class is nested
                 meta.__class__ = addnodes.meta
 
-        return result  # type: ignore
+        return result
 
 
 class RSTTable(tables.RSTTable):