diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index d096347c43..395a6c1854 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -4683,7 +4683,7 @@ rb_ary_or(VALUE ary1, VALUE ary2)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     ary.union(other_ary1, other_ary2, ...)   -> ary
+ *     ary.union(other_ary1, other_ary2, ...)   -> new_ary
  *
  *  Set Union --- Returns a new array by joining <code>other_ary</code>s with +self+,
  *  excluding any duplicates and preserving the order from the given arrays.