1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 20fa25895d..b971f0cb18 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
     def _simple_select_one(self, table, keyvalues, retcols,
                            allow_none=False, desc="_simple_select_one"):
         """Executes a SELECT query on the named table, which is expected to
-        return a single row, returning a single column from it.
+        return a single row, returning multiple columns from it.
 
         Args:
             table : string giving the table name