diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
index 7ecbeffcf8f56070899e6e5a75f565474b9aa72e..8827006b1161cc0fca5839368bcab233b7594c8e 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ public class Blocklist {
      * Do a binary search through the in-memory range list which
      * is a sorted array of longs.
      * The array is sorted in signed order, but we don't care.
-     * Each long is ((from << 32) | to)
+     * Each long is ((from &lt;&lt; 32) | to)
      *
      * Public for console only, not a public API
      *