diff --git a/arkindex_worker/models.py b/arkindex_worker/models.py
index ae6eb85fc1cb1a91fa0db9e06ed7b94175c6a913..924610b693e33c4dfe9abc24437247e67801175c 100644
--- a/arkindex_worker/models.py
+++ b/arkindex_worker/models.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Element(MagicDict):
     @property
     def requires_tiles(self) -> bool:
         """
-        :returns: Whether or not downloading and combining IIIF tiles will be necessary
+        Whether or not downloading and combining IIIF tiles will be necessary
            to retrieve this element's image. Will be False if the element has no image.
         """
         from arkindex_worker.image import polygon_bounding_box
diff --git a/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py b/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py
index 474464c86f63f982070c8ffaa573e39bc5db8ed9..beefdd6ca17d0a364abba52d192b9d34527a825b 100644
--- a/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py
+++ b/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class BaseWorker(object):
         """
         Whether or not the worker can publish data.
 
-        :returns: False when dev mode is enabled with the ``--dev`` CLI argument,
+        False when dev mode is enabled with the ``--dev`` CLI argument,
             when no worker run ID is provided
         """
         return self.args.dev or self.worker_run_id is None