diff --git a/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/io/InputFormat.java b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/io/InputFormat.java
index 0bb407f05618e..7bb1598e26ebb 100644
--- a/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/io/InputFormat.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/io/InputFormat.java
@@ -130,15 +130,12 @@ public interface InputFormat<OT, T extends InputSplit> extends InputSplitSource<
 	boolean reachedEnd() throws IOException;
 	
 	/**
-	 * Tries to read the next pair from the input. By using the return value invalid records in the
-	 * input can be skipped.
+	 * Reads the next record from the input.
 	 * <p>
 	 * When this method is called, the input format it guaranteed to be opened.
 	 * 
 	 * @param reuse Object that may be reused.
-	 * @return Indicates whether the record could be successfully read. A return value of <i>true</i>
-	 *         indicates that the read was successful, a return value of false indicates that the
-	 *         current record was not read successfully and should be skipped.
+	 * @return Read record.
 	 *         
 	 * @throws IOException Thrown, if an I/O error occurred.
 	 */