diff --git a/reference/hash/hashcontext/serialize.xml b/reference/hash/hashcontext/serialize.xml
index a6600c15012d..dadf615e2e7d 100644
--- a/reference/hash/hashcontext/serialize.xml
+++ b/reference/hash/hashcontext/serialize.xml
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
-  <para>
-   &return.void;
-  </para>
+  <simpara>
+   Returns an &array; containing the serialized representation of the
+   <classname>HashContext</classname> object.
+  </simpara>
  </refsect1>
 
 </refentry>