diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 3c3881d8427c4a00bd92ef2a69c320d80b4b9673..11c05ccf626e07dd1b1c4a8fd96ad1171daa2111 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ function node_type_update_nodes($old_type, $type) {
  *  TRUE to rebuild node types. Equivalent to calling node_types_rebuild().
  *
  * @return
- *   Associative array with two components:
+ *   An object with two properties:
  *   - names: Associative array of the names of node types, keyed by the type.
  *   - types: Associative array of node type objects, keyed by the type.
  *   Both of these arrays will include new types that have been defined by