diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
index 794fa5cf0d..3aa5e7b648 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class WP_Importer {
 	/**
 	 * Reset global variables that grow out of control during imports
 	 *
-	 * @global wpdb  $wpdb
+	 * @global wpdb  $wpdb       WordPress database abstraction object.
 	 * @global array $wp_actions
 	 */
 	public function stop_the_insanity() {