diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/ClassDesc.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/ClassDesc.java
index 06601c475b3..60adc7f1ab1 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/ClassDesc.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/ClassDesc.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static ClassDesc of(String packageName, String className) {
      * @param descriptor a field descriptor string
      * @return a {@linkplain ClassDesc} describing the desired class
      * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is {@code null}
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the name string is not in the
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the descriptor string is not in the
      * correct format
      * @jvms 4.3.2 Field Descriptors
      * @jvms 4.4.1 The CONSTANT_Class_info Structure