diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index e0d9824415..a707b67781 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ const char *object_get_typename(const Object *obj);
  * @info and all of the strings it points to should exist for the life time
  * that the type is registered.
  *
- * Returns: 0 on failure, the new #Type on success.
+ * Returns: the new #Type.
  */
 Type type_register_static(const TypeInfo *info);
 
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ Type type_register_static(const TypeInfo *info);
  * Unlike type_register_static(), this call does not require @info or its
  * string members to continue to exist after the call returns.
  *
- * Returns: 0 on failure, the new #Type on success.
+ * Returns: the new #Type.
  */
 Type type_register(const TypeInfo *info);