diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index be8c8cf85f279..7a94a86036e7c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ public static function getHttpMethodParameterOverride()
      * Order of precedence: PATH (routing placeholders or custom attributes), GET, BODY
      *
      * @param string $key     the key
-     * @param mixed  $default the default value
+     * @param mixed  $default the default value if the parameter key does not exist
      *
      * @return mixed
      */