diff --git a/system/Database/BaseResult.php b/system/Database/BaseResult.php
index 8a624029b3a2..4ef73d6d210a 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseResult.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseResult.php
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public function getResultObject(): array
      * @param         string                           $type The type of result object. 'array', 'object' or class name.
      * @phpstan-param class-string<T>|'array'|'object' $type
      *
-     * @return         array|object|stdClass|null
+     * @return         array|object|stdClass|null|string
      * @phpstan-return ($type is 'object' ? stdClass|null : ($type is 'array' ? array|null : T|null))
      */
     public function getRow($n = 0, string $type = 'object')