diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala
index af086ec2..7a26caa6 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class NodeBuffer extends scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer[Node] with ScalaVe
    * @param o converts to an xml node and adds to this node buffer
    * @return  this nodebuffer
    */
-  def &+(o: Any): NodeBuffer = {
+  def &+(o: Any): this.type = {
     o match {
       case null | _: Unit | Text("") => // ignore
       case it: Iterator[?]           => it.foreach(&+)