diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/distance-functions.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/distance-functions.md
index 1774c22014d..e20c35c6b6f 100644
--- a/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/distance-functions.md
+++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/distance-functions.md
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ Result:
 
 ## cosineDistance
 
-Calculates the cosine distance between two vectors (the values of the tuples are the coordinates). The less the returned value is, the more similar are the vectors.
+Calculates the cosine distance between two vectors (the values of the tuples are the coordinates). The smaller the returned value is, the more similar are the vectors.
 
 **Syntax**
 
diff --git a/src/Functions/vectorFunctions.cpp b/src/Functions/vectorFunctions.cpp
index 35ba49e4545..b2b09986341 100644
--- a/src/Functions/vectorFunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/Functions/vectorFunctions.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include <Columns/ColumnTuple.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypeArray.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypeInterval.h>
+#include <DataTypes/DataTypeNullable.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypeTuple.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypesNumber.h>
-#include <DataTypes/DataTypeNothing.h>
 #include <Functions/FunctionFactory.h>
 #include <Functions/FunctionHelpers.h>
 #include <Functions/ITupleFunction.h>
@@ -1364,11 +1364,11 @@ public:
 
     ColumnPtr executeImpl(const ColumnsWithTypeAndName & arguments, const DataTypePtr &, size_t input_rows_count) const override
     {
-        if (getReturnTypeImpl(arguments)->isNullable())
-        {
-            return DataTypeNullable(std::make_shared<DataTypeNothing>())
-                   .createColumnConstWithDefaultValue(input_rows_count);
-        }
+        /// TODO: cosineDistance does not support nullable arguments
+        /// https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/27933#issuecomment-916670286
+        auto return_type = getReturnTypeImpl(arguments);
+        if (return_type->isNullable())
+            return return_type->createColumnConstWithDefaultValue(input_rows_count);
 
         FunctionDotProduct dot(context);
         ColumnWithTypeAndName dot_result{dot.executeImpl(arguments, DataTypePtr(), input_rows_count),
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_cosineDistanceNullable.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_cosineDistanceNullable.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4fe1f97e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_cosineDistanceNullable.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
+\N
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_cosineDistanceNullable.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_cosineDistanceNullable.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a62216982f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_cosineDistanceNullable.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59596
+SELECT cosineDistance((1, 1), (toNullable(0.5), 0.1));
+SELECT cosineDistance((1, 1), (toNullable(0.5), 0.1)) from numbers(10);