From 356f5664a71da5080255e339c67e1c1e8a838bda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Blackbourn <johnbillion@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:00:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: For clarity, add some information about the return
 types of `get_option()`.

Props ReneHermi, johannadevos

See #51278


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@49600 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-includes/option.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/option.php b/src/wp-includes/option.php
index 7dac56a6ec..5454e7becb 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/option.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/option.php
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
  *
  * @param string $option  Name of the option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed  $default Optional. Default value to return if the option does not exist.
- * @return mixed Value set for the option.
+ * @return mixed Value set for the option. A value of any type may be returned, including
+ *               array, boolean, float, integer, null, object, and string.
  */
 function get_option( $option, $default = false ) {
 	global $wpdb;