diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 372a9915e96..bcd14f10fb3 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -211,19 +211,19 @@ req.range = function range(size, options) {
  * This uses the "query parser" setting to parse the raw
  * string into an object.
  *
- * @return {String}
+ * @return {Object}
  * @api public
  */
 
-defineGetter(req, 'query', function query(){
-  var queryparse = this.app.get('query parser fn');
+defineGetter(req, 'query', function() {
+  const queryparse = this.app.get('query parser fn');
 
   if (!queryparse) {
-    // parsing is disabled
+    // Parsing is disabled
     return Object.create(null);
   }
 
-  var querystring = parse(this).query;
+  const querystring = parse(this).query;
 
   return queryparse(querystring);
 });