diff --git a/packages/common/http/src/client.ts b/packages/common/http/src/client.ts
index 82199e802f2..55fa98294a3 100644
--- a/packages/common/http/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/common/http/src/client.ts
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ export class HttpClient {
 
   /**
    * Constructs a `DELETE` request that interprets the body as a JSON object and
-   * returns the response body as a JSON object.
+   * returns the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    *
    * @param url     The endpoint URL.
    * @param options The HTTP options to send with the request.
@@ -1178,13 +1178,13 @@ export class HttpClient {
 
   /**
    * Constructs a `GET` request that interprets the body as a JSON object and
-   * returns the response body as a JSON object.
+   * returns the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    *
    * @param url     The endpoint URL.
    * @param options The HTTP options to send with the request.
    *
    *
-   * @return An `Observable` of the response body as a JSON object.
+   * @return An `Observable` of the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    */
   get(url: string, options?: {
     headers?: HttpHeaders|{[header: string]: string | string[]},
@@ -1490,12 +1490,12 @@ export class HttpClient {
 
   /**
    * Constructs a `HEAD` request that interprets the body as a JSON object and
-   * returns the response body as a JSON object.
+   * returns the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    *
    * @param url     The endpoint URL.
    * @param options The HTTP options to send with the request.
    *
-   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as a JSON object.
+   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    */
   head(url: string, options?: {
     headers?: HttpHeaders|{[header: string]: string | string[]},
@@ -1852,12 +1852,12 @@ export class HttpClient {
 
   /**
    * Constructs an `OPTIONS` request that interprets the body as a JSON object and returns the
-   * response body as a JSON object.
+   * response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    *
    * @param url The endpoint URL.
    * @param options HTTP options.
    *
-   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as a JSON object.
+   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    */
   options(url: string, options?: {
     headers?: HttpHeaders|{[header: string]: string | string[]},
@@ -2177,13 +2177,13 @@ export class HttpClient {
 
   /**
    * Constructs a `PATCH` request that interprets the body as a JSON object and
-   * returns the response body as a JSON object.
+   * returns the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    *
    * @param url The endpoint URL.
    * @param body The resources to edit.
    * @param options HTTP options.
    *
-   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as a JSON object.
+   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    */
   patch(url: string, body: any|null, options?: {
     headers?: HttpHeaders|{[header: string]: string | string[]},
@@ -2502,13 +2502,13 @@ export class HttpClient {
 
   /**
    * Constructs a `POST` request that interprets the body as a
-   * JSON object and returns the response body as a JSON object.
+   * JSON object and returns the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    *
    * @param url The endpoint URL.
    * @param body The content to replace with.
    * @param options HTTP options
    *
-   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as a JSON object.
+   * @return An `Observable` of the response, with the response body as an object parsed from JSON.
    */
   post(url: string, body: any|null, options?: {
     headers?: HttpHeaders|{[header: string]: string | string[]},