diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 4c4202cc..66010eeb 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				//   ],
 				//   [ "header1", "header2", ... "headerN" ] // optional
 				// ]
-				ajaxProcessing: function( /* ajax */ ) { return [ 0, [], null ]; },
+				ajaxProcessing: function(data) { return data; },
 
 				// output default: '{page}/{totalPages}'
 				// possible variables: {size}, {page}, {totalPages}, {filteredPages}, {startRow},
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 170a38ff..351d0d66 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -4463,9 +4463,9 @@ $('table').trigger('search', false);</pre></div>
 			<tr id="pager-ajaxprocessing">
 				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">ajaxProcessing</a></td>
 				<td>Function</td>
-				<td>null</td>
+				<td>function (data) { return data; }</td>
 				<td>
-					This function is required to return the ajax data obtained from your server into a useable format for tablesorter to apply to the table (v2.1, <span class="version updated">v2.17.3</span>).
+					This function is required to return the ajax data obtained from your server into a useable format for tablesorter to apply to the table (v2.1, <span class="version updated">v2.30.8</span>).
 					<div class="collapsible">
 					<br>
 					<span class="label label-info">Note</span> The pager widget equivalent option is within the <code>widgetOptions</code> and accessed via <code>widgetOptions.pager_ajaxProcessing</code><br>
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index cd0c93fd..1e6604e8 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 			//   ],
 			//   [ "header1", "header2", ... "headerN" ] // optional
 			// ]
-			pager_ajaxProcessing: function( /* ajax */ ) { return [ 0, [], null ]; },
+			pager_ajaxProcessing: function( data ) { return data; },
 
 			// css class names of pager arrows
 			pager_css: {