diff --git a/src/cowboy_http_req.erl b/src/cowboy_http_req.erl
index f25c5eb44..e8fd43af7 100644
--- a/src/cowboy_http_req.erl
+++ b/src/cowboy_http_req.erl
@@ -563,14 +563,14 @@ body_qs(Req=#http_req{urldecode={URLDecFun, URLDecArg}}) ->
%%
%% Use this function for multipart streaming. For each part in the request,
%% this function returns {headers, Headers} followed by a sequence of
-%% {data, Data} tuples and finally end_of_part. When there
+%% {body, Data} tuples and finally end_of_part. When there
%% is no part to parse anymore, eof is returned.
%%
%% If the request Content-Type is not a multipart one, {error, badarg}
%% is returned.
-spec multipart_data(#http_req{})
-> {{headers, cowboy_http:headers()}
- | {data, binary()} | end_of_part | eof,
+ | {body, binary()} | end_of_part | eof,
#http_req{}}.
multipart_data(Req=#http_req{body_state=waiting}) ->
{{<<"multipart">>, _SubType, Params}, Req2} =