diff --git src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
index 7431d1f5f0..9da5a20f32 100644
--- src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
+++ src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class WP_Term_Query {
 	 *     @type int          $offset                 The number by which to offset the terms query. Default empty.
 	 *     @type string       $fields                 Term fields to query for. Accepts 'all' (returns an array of
 	 *                                                complete term objects), 'all_with_object_id' (returns an
-	 *                                                array of term objects with the 'object_id' param; only works
-	 *                                                when the `$fields` parameter is 'object_ids' ), 'ids'
+	 *                                                array of term objects with the 'object_id' param; works only
+	 *                                                when the `$object_ids` parameter is populated), 'ids'
 	 *                                                (returns an array of ids), 'tt_ids' (returns an array of
 	 *                                                term taxonomy ids), 'id=>parent' (returns an associative
 	 *                                                array with ids as keys, parent term IDs as values), 'names'