diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/loss_functions/log_cosh_loss.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/loss_functions/log_cosh_loss.hpp
index 650c87a94d..788c2ef842 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/loss_functions/log_cosh_loss.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/loss_functions/log_cosh_loss.hpp
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class LogCoshLoss
   OutputDataType& OutputParameter() { return outputParameter; }
 
   //! Get the value of hyperparameter a.
-  bool A() const { return a; }
+  double A() const { return a; }
   //! Modify the value of hyperparameter a.
-  bool& A() { return a; }
+  double& A() { return a; }
 
   /**
    * Serialize the loss function.