diff --git a/includes/database/database.inc b/includes/database/database.inc
index d15a02217c98fbb6cc6509d3aecf5544be7269d9..39bba8e6cd60358179cbbff057d2fd99bc9432e1 100644
--- a/includes/database/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/database.inc
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ function db_transaction($required = FALSE, Array $options = array()) {
  *
  * @param $key
  *   The key in the $databases array to set as the default database.
- * @returns
+ * @return
  *   The key of the formerly active database.
  */
 function db_set_active($key = 'default') {
diff --git a/includes/database/query.inc b/includes/database/query.inc
index 64efe4bffb22703a43750692b46d621b4c24481b..367870019305f03eeaf41a4ef59571a3a854c440 100644
--- a/includes/database/query.inc
+++ b/includes/database/query.inc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public function &conditions();
   /**
    * Gets a complete list of all values to insert into the prepared statement.
    *
-   * @returns
+   * @return
    *   An associative array of placeholders and values.
    */
   public function arguments();
diff --git a/modules/field/field.attach.inc b/modules/field/field.attach.inc
index 1e7f755434100e521e8916978be435463cf141c7..281245048ee2a854a3ce099b1f2c2d7342281746 100644
--- a/modules/field/field.attach.inc
+++ b/modules/field/field.attach.inc
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ function field_attach_load($obj_type, $objects, $age = FIELD_LOAD_CURRENT, $opti
  *     loading all fields, for each object. Note that returned objects
  *     may contain data for other fields, for example if they are read
  *     from a cache.
- * @returns
+ * @return
  *   On return, the objects in $objects are modified by having the
  *   appropriate set of fields added.
  */
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/file_test.module b/modules/simpletest/tests/file_test.module
index 3832b22c3854626a8bd8018a960875b1c980c8c1..9d0e7efaed4a5cf19fecb9d805ef6a86e97a6dad 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/tests/file_test.module
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/file_test.module
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function file_test_reset() {
  * @param $op
  *   One of the hook_file_* operations: 'load', 'validate', 'download',
  *   'references', 'insert', 'update', 'copy', 'move', 'delete'.
- * @returns
+ * @return
  *   Array of the parameters passed to each call.
  * @see _file_test_log_call() and file_test_reset()
  */