diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fe5b51d..744c9d78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Documentation
+
+- Fix documentation for `validate`
+
 ## [0.26.1] - 2024-10-29
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/jsonschema/src/validator.rs b/crates/jsonschema/src/validator.rs
index 4bb7a8e0..71155fe2 100644
--- a/crates/jsonschema/src/validator.rs
+++ b/crates/jsonschema/src/validator.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl Validator {
     pub fn new(schema: &Value) -> Result<Validator, ValidationError<'static>> {
         Self::options().build(schema)
     }
-    /// Run validation against `instance` and return an iterator over [`ValidationError`] in the error case.
+    /// Validate `instance` against `schema` and return the first error if any.
     #[inline]
     pub fn validate<'i>(&self, instance: &'i Value) -> Result<(), ValidationError<'i>> {
         self.root.validate(instance, &LazyLocation::new())