diff --git a/include/asterisk/res_odbc.h b/include/asterisk/res_odbc.h
index 690b1f5b9c..4d023c0666 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/res_odbc.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/res_odbc.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int ast_odbc_sanity_check(struct odbc_obj *obj);
 
 /*! \brief Checks if the database natively supports backslash as an escape character.
  * \param obj The ODBC object
- * \return Returns 1 if an ESCAPE clause is needed to support '\', 0 otherwise
+ * \return Returns 1 if backslash is a native escape character, 0 if an ESCAPE clause is needed to support '\'
  */
 int ast_odbc_backslash_is_escape(struct odbc_obj *obj);