diff --git a/src/H5VLint.c b/src/H5VLint.c
index 1f63f7daf49..19a11e9b6b8 100644
--- a/src/H5VLint.c
+++ b/src/H5VLint.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,8 @@ H5VL_vol_object(hid_t id)
  *
  * Purpose:     Utility function to return the object pointer associated with
  *              an ID of the specified type. This routine is the same as
- *              H5VL_vol_object except it verifies the ID's type first.
+ *              H5VL_vol_object except it takes the additional argument
+ *              obj_type to verify the ID's type against.
  *
  * Return:      Success:        object pointer
  *              Failure:        NULL