diff --git a/src/atom-environment.coffee b/src/atom-environment.coffee
index b37acddd1..a6558ab17 100644
--- a/src/atom-environment.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-environment.coffee
@@ -445,7 +445,9 @@ class AtomEnvironment extends Model
   getVersion: ->
     @appVersion ?= @getLoadSettings().appVersion
 
-  # Returns the release channel as a {String}. Will return one of `'dev', 'beta', 'stable'`
+  # Public: Gets the release channel of the Atom application.
+  #
+  # Returns the release channel as a {String}. Will return one of `dev`, `beta`, or `stable`.
   getReleaseChannel: ->
     version = @getVersion()
     if version.indexOf('beta') > -1