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-rw-r--r--lib/net/imap.rb6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/net/imap.rb b/lib/net/imap.rb
index 85644f388c..7bd453f864 100644
--- a/lib/net/imap.rb
+++ b/lib/net/imap.rb
@@ -788,8 +788,10 @@ module Net
# +attr+ is a list of attributes to fetch; see the documentation
# for Net::IMAP::FetchData for a list of valid attributes.
#
- # The return value is an array of Net::IMAP::FetchData. For
- # example:
+ # The return value is an array of Net::IMAP::FetchData or nil
+ # (instead of an empty array) if there is no matching message.
+ #
+ # For example:
#
# p imap.fetch(6..8, "UID")
# #=> [#<Net::IMAP::FetchData seqno=6, attr={"UID"=>98}>, \\