diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
index 8d901d514..8a73ee8ba 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
      * @return mixed
      *
      * @throws NonUniqueResultException If the query result is not unique.
-     * @throws NoResultException        If the query returned no result.
+     * @throws NoResultException        If the query returned no result and hydration mode is not HYDRATE_SINGLE_SCALAR.
      */
     public function getSingleResult($hydrationMode = null)
     {
@@ -822,10 +822,9 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
      *
      * Alias for getSingleResult(HYDRATE_SINGLE_SCALAR).
      *
-     * @return mixed
+     * @return mixed The scalar result, or NULL if the query returned no result.
      *
      * @throws NonUniqueResultException If the query result is not unique.
-     * @throws NoResultException        If the query returned no result.
      */
     public function getSingleScalarResult()
     {