diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
index 8c2a48ff..4a9bb04d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
@@ -3807,7 +3807,7 @@ private String getJavadocExecutable()
         // to the javadoc command is ../bin/javadoc.
         //
         // In Java 9 and above the JRE is no longer in a subdirectory of the
-        // JDK, i.e. the JDK and the JDK are merged. In this case the java
+        // JDK, i.e. the JRE and the JDK are merged. In this case the java
         // command is installed to my-dir/bin/java along side the javadoc
         // command. So the relative path from "java.home" to the javadoc
         // command is bin/javadoc.