1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/database.py b/synapse/storage/database.py
index 7bb21f8f81..4717c9728a 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/database.py
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ class DatabasePool:
             table: string giving the table name
             keyvalues: dict of column names and values to select the row with
             retcol: string giving the name of the column to return
-            allow_none: If true, return None instead of failing if the SELECT
+            allow_none: If true, return None instead of raising StoreError if the SELECT
                 statement returns no rows
             desc: description of the transaction, for logging and metrics
         """