diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 52c2307b119..9b4090461fb 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-03-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* searching.texi (Replacing Match):
+	Remove incorrect, uninteresting return value.  (Bug#16942)
+
 2014-03-05  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
 	* display.texi (Window Dividers): New section.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/searching.texi b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
index 2f287cc9705..992ad001fe7 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ If you did the last search in a buffer, you should omit the
 the current buffer is the one in which you performed the last search.
 Then this function edits the buffer, replacing the matched text with
 @var{replacement}.  It leaves point at the end of the replacement
-text, and returns @code{t}.
+text.
 
 If you performed the last search on a string, pass the same string as
 @var{string}.  Then this function returns a new string, in which the