diff --git a/lib/Cake/basics.php b/lib/Cake/basics.php
index da34f8ac8..92a86ab46 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/basics.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/basics.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (!function_exists('debug')) {
  *
  * Only runs if debug level is greater than zero.
  *
- * @param boolean $var Variable to show debug information for.
+ * @param mixed $var Variable to show debug information for.
  * @param boolean $showHtml If set to true, the method prints the debug data in a browser-friendly way.
  * @param boolean $showFrom If set to true, the method prints from where the function was called.
  * @return void
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ if (!function_exists('pr')) {
  * print_r() will wrap <PRE> tags around the output of given array. Similar to debug().
  *
  * @see debug()
- * @param array $var Variable to print out
+ * @param mixed $var Variable to print out
  * @return void
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/global-constants-and-functions.html#pr
  */