1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/api/errors.py b/synapse/api/errors.py
index 400dd12aba..e2cfcea0f2 100644
--- a/synapse/api/errors.py
+++ b/synapse/api/errors.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class HttpResponseException(CodeMessageException):
         set to the reason code from the HTTP response.
 
         Returns:
-            SynapseError:
+            The error converted to a SynapseError.
         """
         # try to parse the body as json, to get better errcode/msg, but
         # default to M_UNKNOWN with the HTTP status as the error text