diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index f486aeeb165..bd8347e6b57 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def open_unknown_proxy(self, proxy, fullurl, data=None):
 
     # External interface
     def retrieve(self, url, filename=None, reporthook=None, data=None):
-        """retrieve(url) returns (filename, None) for a local object
+        """retrieve(url) returns (filename, headers) for a local object
         or (tempfilename, headers) for a remote object."""
         url = unwrap(toBytes(url))
         if self.tempcache and url in self.tempcache: