diff --git a/includes/menu.inc b/includes/menu.inc
index 31e9a7e..bcf05d1 100644
--- a/includes/menu.inc
+++ b/includes/menu.inc
@@ -437,11 +437,12 @@ function menu_set_item($path, $router_item) {
  *
  * @return
  *   The router item, an associate array corresponding to one row in the
- *   menu_router table. The value of key map holds the loaded objects. The
- *   value of key access is TRUE if the current user can access this page.
+ *   menu_router table or FALSE. The value of key map holds the loaded objects.
+ *   The value of key access is TRUE if the current user can access this page.
  *   The values for key title, page_arguments, access_arguments, and
  *   theme_arguments will be filled in based on the database values and the
- *   objects loaded.
+ *   objects loaded. If an error occurs when objects are loaded via
+ *   _menu_translate(), FALSE will be returned.
  */
 function menu_get_item($path = NULL, $router_item = NULL) {
   $router_items = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
@@ -746,7 +747,7 @@ function _menu_item_localize(&$item, $map, $link_translate = FALSE) {
  *   $item['load_functions']. $item['access'] becomes TRUE if the item is
  *   accessible, FALSE otherwise. $item['href'] is set according to the map.
  *   If an error occurs during calling the load_functions (like trying to load
- *   a non existing node) then this function return FALSE.
+ *   a non-existent node) then this function returns FALSE.
  */
 function _menu_translate(&$router_item, $map, $to_arg = FALSE) {
   if ($to_arg && !empty($router_item['to_arg_functions'])) {