diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
index 54b0ba28aa0ad226fe0535577b5138c6f11b34bc..7232e321fdb4a63a60ff0cc859342b6770a49b76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_shmem_print_info);
  * drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_sgt() instead.
  *
  * Returns:
- * A pointer to the scatter/gather table of pinned pages or NULL on failure.
+ * A pointer to the scatter/gather table of pinned pages or an ERR_PTR()-encoded
+ * error code on failure.
  */
 struct sg_table *drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
 {
@@ -680,7 +681,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table);
  * drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table() should not be directly called by drivers.
  *
  * Returns:
- * A pointer to the scatter/gather table of pinned pages or errno on failure.
+ * A pointer to the scatter/gather table of pinned pages or an ERR_PTR()-encoded
+ * error code on failure.
  */
 struct sg_table *drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_sgt(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
 {