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                 }
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  *             return to_str_len(_target, rc)             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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  *         with nogil:
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diff --git a/ssh2/sftp.pyx b/ssh2/sftp.pyx
index e46cb847..364ab0da 100644
--- a/ssh2/sftp.pyx
+++ b/ssh2/sftp.pyx
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ cdef class SFTP:
           ``LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IROTH``
         :type mode: int
 
+        :rtype: :py:class:`ssh2.sftp.SFTPHandle` or `None`
+
         :raises: :py:class:`ssh2.exceptions.SFTPHandleError` on errors opening
           file.
         """  # noqa: W605