diff --git a/src/Database/SqlDialectTrait.php b/src/Database/SqlDialectTrait.php
index 6c2d2e0846e..207bd4cdb16 100644
--- a/src/Database/SqlDialectTrait.php
+++ b/src/Database/SqlDialectTrait.php
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public function queryTranslator($type)
                 $query = (new IdentifierQuoter($this))->quote($query);
             }
 
+            /** @var \Cake\ORM\Query $query */
             $query = $this->{'_' . $type . 'QueryTranslator'}($query);
             $translators = $this->_expressionTranslators();
             if (!$translators) {