diff --git a/include/rem0rec.h b/include/rem0rec.h
index 6cbf68a152d..213b26d02a6 100644
--- a/include/rem0rec.h
+++ b/include/rem0rec.h
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ rec_get_offsets_reverse(
 				in reverse order, excluding the fixed-size
 				REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES */
 	dict_index_t*	index,	/* in: record descriptor */
-	ibool		node_ptr,/* in: TRUE=node pointer, FALSE=leaf node */
+	ulint		node_ptr,/* in: nonzero=node pointer, 0=leaf node */
 	ulint*		offsets);/* in/out: array consisting of offsets[0]
 				allocated elements */
 
diff --git a/rem/rem0rec.c b/rem/rem0rec.c
index 31585d31afd..6a2161b5b4f 100644
--- a/rem/rem0rec.c
+++ b/rem/rem0rec.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ rec_get_offsets_reverse(
 				in reverse order, excluding the fixed-size
 				REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES */
 	dict_index_t*	index,	/* in: record descriptor */
-	ibool		node_ptr,/* in: TRUE=node pointer, FALSE=leaf node */
+	ulint		node_ptr,/* in: nonzero=node pointer, 0=leaf node */
 	ulint*		offsets)/* in/out: array consisting of offsets[0]
 				allocated elements */
 {