diff --git a/plugins/search-react/api-report.md b/plugins/search-react/api-report.md
index 97c8300c14..f938906d3f 100644
--- a/plugins/search-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-react/api-report.md
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ export type DefaultResultListItemProps = {
   toggleModal?: () => void;
 };
 
+// @public
+export const getSearchContextInitialStateDefaults: () => SearchContextState;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const HighlightedSearchResultText: (
   props: HighlightedSearchResultTextProps,
diff --git a/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx b/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
index 53192d0eac..0a4bdf283b 100644
--- a/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ export const useSearchContextCheck = () => {
  *
  * Constructs an object representing the initial state default
  * configuration for the SearchPage component
- *
- * @returns {SearchContextState}
  */
 export const getSearchContextInitialStateDefaults = (): SearchContextState => ({
   term: '',