diff --git a/glib/gspawn.h b/glib/gspawn.h
index 3cad30765..0bcadf4cd 100644
--- a/glib/gspawn.h
+++ b/glib/gspawn.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 /**
  * GSpawnChildSetupFunc:
- * @user_data: (closure): user data to pass to the function.
+ * @user_data: user data to pass to the function.
  *
  * Specifies the type of the setup function passed to g_spawn_async(),
  * g_spawn_sync() and g_spawn_async_with_pipes(), which can, in very