diff --git a/gtk/gtksnapshot.c b/gtk/gtksnapshot.c
index 878fe88b4d..a2b193685c 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksnapshot.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksnapshot.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ gtk_snapshot_pop_collect (GtkSnapshot *snapshot)
  * @snapshot. The only function that should be
  * called after this is gtk_snapshot_unref().
  *
- * Returns: the constructed #GskRenderNode
+ * Returns: (transfer full): the constructed #GskRenderNode
  */
 GskRenderNode *
 gtk_snapshot_to_node (GtkSnapshot *snapshot)