diff --git a/fsl/utils/fslsub.py b/fsl/utils/fslsub.py
index a770cc623ad3cb880ed458ba679b9e84c1b4e5da..2a667e512fcd57565c0c3fbf6d863c47570d6808 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/fslsub.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/fslsub.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def submit(command,
 
     :arg verbose:        If True, use verbose mode
 
-    :return:             tuple of submitted job ids
+    :return:             string of submitted job id
     """
 
     from fsl.utils.run import runfsl