diff --git a/minidom/src/element.rs b/minidom/src/element.rs
index 30c440a841a62e97f876b7b43a36e7050bcc785b..c72328d087ce443ed45543d07156c5c802f3bcc1 100644
--- a/minidom/src/element.rs
+++ b/minidom/src/element.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl Element {
         &self.name
     }
 
-    /// Returns a reference to the namespace of this element, if it has one, else `None`.
+    /// Returns a reference to the namespace of this element.
     pub fn ns(&self) -> String {
         self.namespace.clone()
     }