diff --git a/src/api/global-api.md b/src/api/global-api.md
index b57477b20b..01d2ed518f 100644
--- a/src/api/global-api.md
+++ b/src/api/global-api.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Accepts three arguments: `type`, `props` and `children`
 
 - **Details:**
 
-  An HTML tag name, a component or an async component. Using function returning null would render a comment. This parameter is required
+  An HTML tag name, a component, an async component, or a functional component. Using function returning null would render a comment. This parameter is required
 
 #### props