diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/Exception.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/Exception.pm
index c3738e69a7ad09a552e90f774f246631187d4ae2..bb5c4e47db4413f1fd0dd7ac8ef9dbdfd4a89923 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/Exception.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/Exception.pm
@@ -475,9 +475,8 @@ sub deprecate {
                In the try/catch syntax, the original $@ is in $_ in the catch subroutine.
                This try/catch implementation is a copy and paste from
                "Programming Perl" 3rd Edition, July 2000, by L.Wall, T. Christiansen
-               & J. Orwant. p227, and is only possible because of the possibility of
-               subroutine prototypes.
-  Returntype : implemented by the catch block
+               & J. Orwant. p227, and is only possible because of subroutine prototypes.
+  Returntype : depend on what is implemented the try or catch block
   Exceptions : none
   Caller     : general