diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.c
index ef02ba1e..a9bd60a5 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.c
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ _ostree_fetcher_should_retry_request (const GError *error,
 }
 
 /* Convert a HTTP status code representing an error from libsoup or libcurl to
- * a #GIOError. This will return %G_IO_ERROR_FAILED if the status code is
+ * a #GIOErrorEnum. This will return %G_IO_ERROR_FAILED if the status code is
  * unknown or otherwise unhandled. */
-GIOError
+GIOErrorEnum
 _ostree_fetcher_http_status_code_to_io_error (guint status_code)
 {
   switch (status_code)
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.h b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.h
index 1cade068..46935402 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-util.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void _ostree_fetcher_journal_failure (const char *remote_name,
 gboolean _ostree_fetcher_should_retry_request (const GError *error,
                                                guint         n_retries_remaining);
 
-GIOError _ostree_fetcher_http_status_code_to_io_error (guint status_code);
+GIOErrorEnum _ostree_fetcher_http_status_code_to_io_error (guint status_code);
 
 G_END_DECLS