diff --git a/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php b/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
index f0ed7d9d34..2729811dfd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
@@ -3098,8 +3098,10 @@ class wpdb {
 	 * Closes the current database connection.
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.5.0
+	 * @access public.
 	 *
-	 * @return bool True if the connection was succesfully closed, false if it wasn't, or the connection doesn't exist.
+	 * @return bool True if the connection was successfully closed, false if it wasn't,
+	 *              or the connection doesn't exist.
 	 */
 	public function close() {
 		if ( ! $this->dbh ) {