diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
index 7da100b45f..e11d4615e1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ function _get_term_children( $term_id, $terms, $taxonomy, &$ancestors = array()
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param array  $terms    List of term IDs, passed by reference.
+ * @param array  $terms    List of term objects, passed by reference.
  * @param string $taxonomy Term context.
  */
 function _pad_term_counts( &$terms, $taxonomy ) {