diff --git a/include/mbedtls/sha256.h b/include/mbedtls/sha256.h
index d01f2ebd7a..5b54be2142 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/sha256.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/sha256.h
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED void mbedtls_sha256_process( mbedtls_sha256_context *ctx,
  *                 be a writable buffer of length \c 32 Bytes.
  * \param is224    Determines which function to use. This must be
  *                 either \c 0 for SHA-256, or \c 1 for SHA-224.
+ *
+ * \return         \c 0 on success.
+ * \return         A negative error code on failure.
  */
 int mbedtls_sha256_ret( const unsigned char *input,
                         size_t ilen,
@@ -269,9 +272,6 @@ int mbedtls_sha256_ret( const unsigned char *input,
  *                 a writable buffer of length \c 32 Bytes.
  * \param is224    Determines which function to use. This must be either
  *                 \c 0 for SHA-256, or \c 1 for SHA-224.
- *
- * \return         \c 0 on success.
- * \return         A negative error code on failure.
  */
 MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED void mbedtls_sha256( const unsigned char *input,
                                         size_t ilen,