diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
index 7a12ec155..96a0183d1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
  * @param string $callback A decoding callback that will convert the string data to another
  *     representation. Leave empty to access the raw input data. You can also
  *     supply additional parameters for the decoding callback using var args, see above.
- * @return The decoded/processed request data.
+ * @return mixed The decoded/processed request data.
  */
 	public function input($callback = null) {
 		$input = $this->_readInput();