diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Database.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Database.php
index 76ae112168c884f13d11acff1f4858b9ad1219f6..59b108f2e05a4fab75cc43a7e0e6e8c407ccd304 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Database.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Database.php
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class Database
      * @param string $stmt Prepared SQL statement
      * @param array  $params Parameters
      *
-     * @return \PDOStatement|bool object
+     * @return \PDOStatement object
      */
     public function read($stmt, $params = [])
     {