diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/ListView.java b/core/java/android/widget/ListView.java
index a786b3f940e3a..64e54527c3478 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/ListView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/ListView.java
@@ -3167,11 +3167,12 @@ public class ListView extends AbsListView {
 
     /**
      * Returns the checked state of the specified position. The result is only
-     * valid if the choice mode has not been set to {@link #CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE}
+     * valid if the choice mode has been set to {@link #CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE}
      * or {@link #CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE}.
      *
      * @param position The item whose checked state to return
-     * @return The item's checked state
+     * @return The item's checked state or <code>false</code> if choice mode
+     *         is invalid
      *
      * @see #setChoiceMode(int)
      */
@@ -3185,7 +3186,7 @@ public class ListView extends AbsListView {
 
     /**
      * Returns the currently checked item. The result is only valid if the choice
-     * mode has not been set to {@link #CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE}.
+     * mode has been set to {@link #CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE}.
      *
      * @return The position of the currently checked item or
      *         {@link #INVALID_POSITION} if nothing is selected
@@ -3202,10 +3203,12 @@ public class ListView extends AbsListView {
 
     /**
      * Returns the set of checked items in the list. The result is only valid if
-     * the choice mode has not been set to {@link #CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE}.
+     * the choice mode has not been set to {@link #CHOICE_MODE_NONE}.
      *
      * @return  A SparseBooleanArray which will return true for each call to
-     *          get(int position) where position is a position in the list.
+     *          get(int position) where position is a position in the list,
+     *          or <code>null</code> if the choice mode is set to
+     *          {@link #CHOICE_MODE_NONE}.
      */
     public SparseBooleanArray getCheckedItemPositions() {
         if (mChoiceMode != CHOICE_MODE_NONE) {