diff --git a/includes/path.inc b/includes/path.inc
index 99efc0e56c753d16bad05bd2c8187731c9f6247f..16b2b20e682a1af05d89c8fb5abe56d25cf9931e 100644
--- a/includes/path.inc
+++ b/includes/path.inc
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function drupal_is_front_page() {
  *   String containing a set of patterns separated by \n, \r or \r\n.
  *
  * @return
- *   Boolean value: TRUE if the path matches a pattern, FALSE otherwise.
+ *   1 if there is a match, 0 if there is not a match.
  */
 function drupal_match_path($path, $patterns) {
   static $regexps;