diff --git a/lib/private/user/session.php b/lib/private/user/session.php
index 53662d00952244738f34f57a2b311282603204f6..a7bd65cc2ca5fbd0a7cc1e2e3ea608d7c733f869 100644
--- a/lib/private/user/session.php
+++ b/lib/private/user/session.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Session implements IUserSession, Emitter {
 	/**
 	 * get the current active user
 	 *
-	 * @return \OC\User\User
+	 * @return \OCP\IUser|null Current user, otherwise null
 	 */
 	public function getUser() {
 		if ($this->activeUser) {
diff --git a/lib/public/iusersession.php b/lib/public/iusersession.php
index 4c5b4d1ba51cf8556929180283cfa204c2629643..52752758ee885ba3775dbaebb4f38a91a9fe51ab 100644
--- a/lib/public/iusersession.php
+++ b/lib/public/iusersession.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ interface IUserSession {
 	/**
 	 * get the current active user
 	 *
-	 * @return \OCP\IUser
+	 * @return \OCP\IUser|null Current user, otherwise null
 	 */
 	public function getUser();