diff --git a/src/qibo/quantum_info/random_ensembles.py b/src/qibo/quantum_info/random_ensembles.py
index f8da6a6825..b1be867620 100644
--- a/src/qibo/quantum_info/random_ensembles.py
+++ b/src/qibo/quantum_info/random_ensembles.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ def random_clifford(
     Args:
         nqubits (int): number of qubits.
         return_circuit (bool, optional): if ``True``, returns a :class:`qibo.models.Circuit`
-            object. If ``False``, returns an ``ndarray`` object. Defaults to ``False``.
+            object. If ``False``, returns an ``ndarray`` object. Defaults to ``True``.
         density_matrix (bool, optional): used when ``return_circuit=True``. If `True`,
             the circuit would evolve density matrices. Defaults to ``False``.
         seed (int or :class:`numpy.random.Generator`, optional): Either a generator of