diff --git a/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml b/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml
index 162d12321cb0..757c2251918b 100644
--- a/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml
+++ b/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml
@@ -159,11 +159,8 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   Returns the previously defined error handler (if any). If
-   the built-in error handler is used &null; is returned.
-   If the previous error handler
-   was a class method, this function will return an indexed array with the class
-   and the method name.
+   Returns the previously defined error handler (if any) as a <type>callable</type>.
+   If the built-in error handler is used &null; is returned.
   </para>
  </refsect1>