diff --git a/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cc9238117244..4daae2bfe1d19 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Fixed an issue where LINQ predicates containing New expressions, such as `ent => ent.TimeStamp > new DateTimeOffset(...)`, threw an exception.
 
 ### Other Changes
+- `TableClient.CreateIfNotExists` / `TableClient.CreateIfNotExistsAsync` documentation corrected (methods do not return `null` if the table already exists)
 
 ## 12.7.1 (2022-12-06)
 
diff --git a/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/src/TableClient.cs b/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/src/TableClient.cs
index 7566a299d75cb..236d26dd9d710 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/src/TableClient.cs
+++ b/sdk/tables/Azure.Data.Tables/src/TableClient.cs
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ public virtual async Task<Response<TableItem>> CreateAsync(CancellationToken can
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">A <see cref="CancellationToken"/> controlling the request lifetime.</param>
         /// <exception cref="RequestFailedException">The server returned an error. See <see cref="Exception.Message"/> for details returned from the server.</exception>
-        /// <returns>If the table does not already exist, a <see cref="Response{TableItem}"/>. If the table already exists, <c>null</c>.</returns>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Response{TableItem}"/> containing properties of the table. If the table already exists, then <see cref="Response.Status"/> is 409.</returns>
         public virtual Response<TableItem> CreateIfNotExists(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             using DiagnosticScope scope = _diagnostics.CreateScope($"{nameof(TableClient)}.{nameof(CreateIfNotExists)}");
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ public virtual Response<TableItem> CreateIfNotExists(CancellationToken cancellat
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">A <see cref="CancellationToken"/> controlling the request lifetime.</param>
         /// <exception cref="RequestFailedException">The server returned an error. See <see cref="Exception.Message"/> for details returned from the server.</exception>
-        /// <returns>If the table does not already exist, a <see cref="Response{TableItem}"/>. If the table already exists, <c>null</c>.</returns>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Response{TableItem}"/> containing properties of the table. If the table already exists, then <see cref="Response.Status"/> is 409.</returns>
         public virtual async Task<Response<TableItem>> CreateIfNotExistsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             using DiagnosticScope scope = _diagnostics.CreateScope($"{nameof(TableClient)}.{nameof(CreateIfNotExists)}");