diff --git a/src/Selenium2Library/keywords/_element.py b/src/Selenium2Library/keywords/_element.py
index 16f4846e2..e0ee42e1f 100644
--- a/src/Selenium2Library/keywords/_element.py
+++ b/src/Selenium2Library/keywords/_element.py
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ def page_should_not_contain_image(self, locator, message='', loglevel='INFO'):
     # Public, xpath
 
     def get_matching_xpath_count(self, xpath):
-        """Returns number of elements matching `xpath`
+        """Returns number of elements matching `xpath` as a string.
 
         One should not use the xpath= prefix for 'xpath'. XPath is assumed.