diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 744f2ee510..e7babc8bb2 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1873,8 +1873,8 @@ function wp_check_filetype( $filename, $mimes = null ) {
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
- * @param string $file Full path to the image.
- * @param string $filename The filename of the image (may differ from $file due to $file being in a tmp directory)
+ * @param string $file Full path to the file.
+ * @param string $filename The name of the file (may differ from $file due to $file being in a tmp directory)
  * @param array $mimes Optional. Key is the file extension with value as the mime type.
  * @return array Values for the extension, MIME, and either a corrected filename or false if original $filename is valid
  */