name: don't restrict compare return value to {-1,0,1}
refs #2445
Change-Id: I58d75f397a70564f46a12f7f45d533057e9d1f76
diff --git a/src/name-component.hpp b/src/name-component.hpp
index 0ed3759..c811c9b 100644
--- a/src/name-component.hpp
+++ b/src/name-component.hpp
@@ -523,8 +523,9 @@
* @brief Compare this to the other Component using NDN canonical ordering
*
* @param other The other Component to compare with.
- * @return 0 If they compare equal, -1 if *this comes before other in the canonical ordering, or
- * 1 if *this comes after other in the canonical ordering.
+ * @retval negative this comes before other in canonical ordering
+ * @retval zero this equals other
+ * @retval positive this comes after other in canonical ordering
*
* @see http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/name.html#canonical-order
*/