1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5RS.c b/src/H5RS.c
index 96d55e7..31fa23a 100644
--- a/src/H5RS.c
+++ b/src/H5RS.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ H5RS_cmp(const H5RS_str_t *rs1, const H5RS_str_t *rs2)
         const H5RS_str_t *rs;  IN: Ref-counted string to compute length of
 
  RETURNS
-    Returns non-negative value on success, negative value on failure
+    Returns non-negative value on success, can't fail
  DESCRIPTION
     Compute the length of a ref-counted string.  [same as strlen()]
  GLOBAL VARIABLES
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ H5RS_cmp(const H5RS_str_t *rs1, const H5RS_str_t *rs2)
  EXAMPLES
  REVISION LOG
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-ssize_t
+size_t
 H5RS_len(const H5RS_str_t *rs)
 {
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ H5RS_len(const H5RS_str_t *rs)
     HDassert(rs);
     HDassert(rs->s);
 
-    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI((ssize_t)HDstrlen(rs->s))
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(HDstrlen(rs->s))
 } /* end H5RS_len() */
 
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