diff --git a/src/wp-includes/user.php b/src/wp-includes/user.php
index eae02db611..46143317be 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -2353,8 +2353,8 @@ function wp_create_user($username, $password, $email = '') {
 /**
  * Returns a list of meta keys to be (maybe) populated in wp_update_user().
  *
- * Values actually keys returned via this function are dependent on the presence
- * of those keys in the user meta data.
+ * The list of keys returned via this function are dependent on the presence
+ * of those keys in the user meta data to be set.
  *
  * @since 3.3.0
  * @access private