diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
index 81398cc05b..f7f7a5e685 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ function get_editable_authors( $user_id ) {
  *
  * @deprecated 3.1.0 Use get_users()
  *
- * @param int $user_id User ID.
- * @param bool $exclude_zeros Optional, default is true. Whether to exclude zeros.
- * @return mixed
+ * @param int  $user_id       User ID.
+ * @param bool $exclude_zeros Optional. Whether to exclude zeroes. Default true.
+ * @return array Array of editable user IDs, empty array otherwise.
  */
 function get_editable_user_ids( $user_id, $exclude_zeros = true, $post_type = 'post' ) {
 	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.1', 'get_users()' );