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diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Activity.java b/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
index f2905a7d80c5..5e821fd93871 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
@@ -2479,16 +2479,17 @@ public class Activity extends ContextThemeWrapper
/**
* This hook is called when the user signals the desire to start a search.
*
- * <p>You can use this function as a simple way to launch the search UI, in response to a
- * menu item, search button, or other widgets within your activity. Unless overidden,
- * calling this function is the same as calling:
- * <p>The default implementation simply calls
- * {@link #startSearch startSearch(null, false, null, false)}, launching a local search.
+ * <p>You can use this function as a simple way to launch the search UI, in response to a
+ * menu item, search button, or other widgets within your activity. Unless overidden,
+ * calling this function is the same as calling
+ * {@link #startSearch startSearch(null, false, null, false)}, which launches
+ * search for the current activity as specified in its manifest, see {@link SearchManager}.
*
* <p>You can override this function to force global search, e.g. in response to a dedicated
* search key, or to block search entirely (by simply returning false).
*
- * @return Returns true if search launched, false if activity blocks it
+ * @return Returns {@code true} if search launched, and {@code false} if activity blocks it.
+ * The default implementation always returns {@code true}.
*
* @see android.app.SearchManager
*/