diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java
index e6768daad..083e839ec 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ public final class Main
     /**
      * Loads properties from a File.
      * @param aFile the properties file
+     * @return the properties in aFile
      */
     private static Properties loadProperties(File aFile)
     {