diff --git a/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.pyi b/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.pyi
index 95c17a7dc..55c02b5e8 100644
--- a/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.pyi
+++ b/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.pyi
@@ -678,10 +678,6 @@ class Tokenizer:
             :obj:`int`: The number of tokens that were created in the vocabulary
         """
         pass
-
-    def set_encode_special_tokens(value:bool):
-        pass
-    
     def decode(self, ids, skip_special_tokens=True):
         """
         Decode the given list of ids back to a string
@@ -1038,6 +1034,19 @@ class Tokenizer:
                 Whether the JSON file should be pretty formatted.
         """
         pass
+    def set_encode_special_tokens(self, value):
+        """
+        Modifies the tokenizer in order to use or not the special tokens
+        during encoding.
+
+        Args:
+            value (:obj:`bool`):
+                Whether to use the special tokens or not
+
+        Returns:
+            :obj:`Optional[str]`: An optional token, :obj:`None` if out of vocabulary
+        """
+        pass
     def to_str(self, pretty=False):
         """
         Gets a serialized string representing this :class:`~tokenizers.Tokenizer`.
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs b/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
index a28539540..e852c1ead 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -1110,6 +1110,15 @@ impl PyTokenizer {
         self.tokenizer.id_to_token(id)
     }
 
+    /// Modifies the tokenizer in order to use or not the special tokens
+    /// during encoding.
+    ///
+    /// Args:
+    ///     value (:obj:`bool`):
+    ///         Whether to use the special tokens or not
+    ///
+    /// Returns:
+    ///     :obj:`Optional[str]`: An optional token, :obj:`None` if out of vocabulary
     #[pyo3(text_signature = "(self, value)")]
     fn set_encode_special_tokens(&mut self, value: bool) {
         self.tokenizer.set_encode_special_tokens(value);