diff --git a/src/wp-includes/post-template.php b/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 701af8de4a..c058ed7a48 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ function wp_dropdown_pages( $args = '' ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve or display list of pages in list (li) format.
+ * Retrieve or display list of pages (or hierarchical post type items) in list (li) format.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  * @since 4.7.0 Added the `item_spacing` argument.
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/post.php b/src/wp-includes/post.php
index 6dc594d280..d879491910 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -4471,7 +4471,7 @@ function get_page_uri( $page = 0 ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve a list of pages.
+ * Retrieve a list of pages (or hierarchical post type items).
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *