diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
index 881bf2d..cd19909 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
   :param string $str: the text string to convert
   :param bool $protect_all: Whether to protect all content that looks like a potential entity instead of just numbered entities, e.g. &foo;
-  :returns: converted string
-  :rtype: string
+  :returns: string
 
   Takes a string as input and converts the following reserved XML
   characters to entities: