diff --git a/gst/gsterror.c b/gst/gsterror.c
index a9b13ff1d4..0183c34873 100644
--- a/gst/gsterror.c
+++ b/gst/gsterror.c
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ QUARK_FUNC (stream);
  *
  * Get a string describing the error message in the current locale.
  *
- * Returns: (transfer full) (type gchar*): a newly allocated string describing
- *     the error message in the current locale.
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a newly allocated string describing
+ *     the error message (in UTF-8 encoding)
  */
 gchar *
 gst_error_get_message (GQuark domain, gint code)