diff --git a/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_docgen.cpp b/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_docgen.cpp
index cffd66126135..c3979dd29048 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_docgen.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_docgen.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ void GDScriptDocGen::generate_docs(GDScript *p_script, const GDP::ClassNode *p_c
 				method_doc.qualifiers = m_func->is_static ? "static" : "";
 
 				if (m_func->return_type) {
-					_doctype_from_gdtype(m_func->return_type->get_datatype(), method_doc.return_type, method_doc.return_enum, true);
+					// `m_func->return_type->get_datatype()` is a metatype.
+					_doctype_from_gdtype(m_func->get_datatype(), method_doc.return_type, method_doc.return_enum, true);
 				} else if (!m_func->body->has_return) {
 					// If no `return` statement, then return type is `void`, not `Variant`.
 					method_doc.return_type = "void";