diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
index ef793f282e809590dbe22ff061339a4b56039513..eb5612f6e9e216d92fc5a31df1d07824d1b1d500 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class BackendUtility
      * @param bool $workspaceOL If TRUE, version overlay is applied. This must be requested specifically because it is
      *          usually only wanted when the rootline is used for visual output while for permission checking you want the raw thing!
      * @param string[] $additionalFields Additional Fields to select for rootline records
-     * @return array Root line array, all the way to the page tree root (or as far as $clause allows!)
+     * @return array Root line array, all the way to the page tree root uid=0 (or as far as $clause allows!), including the page given as $uid
      */
     public static function BEgetRootLine($uid, $clause = '', $workspaceOL = false, array $additionalFields = [])
     {
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/RootlineUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/RootlineUtility.php
index 1469595206b67228cdee8e485a6ff46caa6bc91f..ac22ce40e66203ff6f551831cdfefaf1472b3705 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/RootlineUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/RootlineUtility.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class RootlineUtility
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the actual rootline
+     * Returns the actual rootline without the tree root (uid=0), including the page with $this->pageUid
      *
      * @return array
      */