diff --git a/core/java/src/gnu/getopt/Getopt.java b/core/java/src/gnu/getopt/Getopt.java
index 429301be5f5271ac3a8bdeef68120c95e8e281fa..6ca1c6ee3ada0673b32ec147efd139a9bf468148 100644
--- a/core/java/src/gnu/getopt/Getopt.java
+++ b/core/java/src/gnu/getopt/Getopt.java
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ exchange(String[] argv)
   * Put in a separate method because this needs to be done twice.  (The
   * C getopt authors just copy-pasted the code!).
   *
-  * @param longind A buffer in which to store the 'val' field of found LongOpt
+  * Uses field longind, A buffer in which to store the 'val' field of found LongOpt
   *
   * @return Various things depending on circumstances
   */