diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index df716500a4..0d3b04bed0 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 
 		// Check if possible to use ftp functions.
 		if ( ! @include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php' ) ) {
-			return false;
+			return;
 		}
 		$this->ftp = new ftp();
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/cache.php b/src/wp-includes/cache.php
index 3cd344bb09..77be09d090 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/cache.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/cache.php
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ class WP_Object_Cache {
 	 * Sets up object properties; PHP 5 style constructor
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.0.8
-	 * @return null|WP_Object_Cache If cache is disabled, returns null.
 	 */
 	public function __construct() {
 		global $blog_id;
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-http.php b/src/wp-includes/class-http.php
index a644b90640..6f2e28cc22 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ class WP_Http_Cookie {
 			}
 		} else {
 			if ( !isset( $data['name'] ) )
-				return false;
+				return;
 
 			// Set properties based directly on parameters.
 			foreach ( array( 'name', 'value', 'path', 'domain', 'port' ) as $field ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-ajax-response.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-ajax-response.php
index 7bed81c7bc..42f30ad030 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-ajax-response.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-ajax-response.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class WP_Ajax_Response {
 	 * @see WP_Ajax_Response::add()
 	 *
 	 * @param string|array $args Optional. Will be passed to add() method.
-	 * @return WP_Ajax_Response
 	 */
 	public function __construct( $args = '' ) {
 		if ( !empty($args) )
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php
index efd7253058..eed0572f82 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ class WP_Customize_Panel {
 		$this->instance_number = self::$instance_count;
 
 		$this->sections = array(); // Users cannot customize the $sections array.
-
-		return $this;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-section.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-section.php
index 83978bd0ab..7d65689e4e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-section.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-section.php
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ class WP_Customize_Section {
 		$this->instance_number = self::$instance_count;
 
 		$this->controls = array(); // Users cannot customize the $controls array.
-
-		return $this;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
index 7d4a96a860..7a7be45efa 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class WP_Customize_Setting {
 	 * @param string               $id      An specific ID of the setting. Can be a
 	 *                                      theme mod or option name.
 	 * @param array                $args    Setting arguments.
-	 * @return WP_Customize_Setting $setting
 	 */
 	public function __construct( $manager, $id, $args = array() ) {
 		$keys = array_keys( get_object_vars( $this ) );
@@ -99,8 +98,6 @@ class WP_Customize_Setting {
 
 		if ( $this->sanitize_js_callback )
 			add_filter( "customize_sanitize_js_{$this->id}", $this->sanitize_js_callback, 10, 2 );
-
-		return $this;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-error.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-error.php
index cee2affb99..eb13145c58 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-error.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-error.php
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class WP_Error {
 	 * @param string|int $code Error code
 	 * @param string $message Error message
 	 * @param mixed $data Optional. Error data.
-	 * @return WP_Error
 	 */
 	public function __construct( $code = '', $message = '', $data = '' ) {
 		if ( empty($code) )
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index 6b8c13902d..31ac095efb 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 	 * or replace XMLRPC methods.
 	 *
 	 * @since 1.5.0
-	 *
-	 * @return wp_xmlrpc_server
 	 */
 	public function __construct() {
 		$this->methods = array(
@@ -3096,7 +3094,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.7.0
 	 *
-	 * @param array $args. Contains:
+	 * @param array $args Contains:
 	 *  - blog_id (unused)
 	 *  - username
 	 *  - password
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/locale.php b/src/wp-includes/locale.php
index 1dcd361d6d..b3f4b455e1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/locale.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/locale.php
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ class WP_Locale {
 	 * @uses WP_Locale::register_globals()
 	 * @since 2.1.0
 	 *
-	 * @return WP_Locale
 	 */
 	function __construct() {
 		$this->init();
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/query.php b/src/wp-includes/query.php
index 86c62f6375..6084b10127 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/query.php
@@ -3939,7 +3939,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 * @access public
 	 *
 	 * @param string $query URL query string.
-	 * @return WP_Query
 	 */
 	public function __construct($query = '') {
 		if ( ! empty($query) ) {
@@ -4172,7 +4171,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 * @since 3.1.0
 	 *
 	 * @param mixed $taxonomy Optional. Taxonomy slug or slugs.
-	 * @param mixed $term. Optional. Term ID, name, slug or array of Term IDs, names, and slugs.
+	 * @param mixed $term     Optional. Term ID, name, slug or array of Term IDs, names, and slugs.
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function is_tax( $taxonomy = '', $term = '' ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php b/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
index 0d38db7075..984fbbed10 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
@@ -2171,7 +2171,6 @@ class WP_Rewrite {
 	 * @since 1.5.0
 	 * @access public
 	 *
-	 * @return WP_Rewrite
 	 */
 	public function __construct() {
 		$this->init();
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/user.php b/src/wp-includes/user.php
index 1ac07727bc..17fe9fcdaf 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ class WP_User_Query {
 	 * @since 3.1.0
 	 *
 	 * @param null|string|array $args Optional. The query variables.
-	 * @return WP_User_Query
 	 */
 	public function __construct( $query = null ) {
 		if ( ! empty( $query ) ) {