Index: src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
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--- src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php	(revision 28752)
+++ src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php	(working copy)
@@ -1681,7 +1681,8 @@
  * @param string $taxonomy The taxonomy name to use
  * @param int $parent ID of parent term under which to confine the exists search.
  * @return mixed Returns 0 if the term does not exist. Returns the term ID if no taxonomy is specified
- * 	and the term ID exists. Returns an array of the term ID and the taxonomy if the pairing exists.
+ * 	and the term ID exists. Returns an array of the term ID and the term taxonomy ID if the taxonomy is 
+ *  passed and the pairing exists.
  */
 function term_exists($term, $taxonomy = '', $parent = 0) {
 	global $wpdb;