diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/LinkedBlockingDeque.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/LinkedBlockingDeque.java
index 7c112eb80081b..8d0bc7ccdde62 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/LinkedBlockingDeque.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/LinkedBlockingDeque.java
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
  * blocking).  Exceptions include {@link #remove(Object) remove},
  * {@link #removeFirstOccurrence removeFirstOccurrence}, {@link
  * #removeLastOccurrence removeLastOccurrence}, {@link #contains
- * contains}, {@link #iterator iterator.remove()}, and the bulk
- * operations, all of which run in linear time.
+ * contains}, and the bulk operations, all of which run in linear
+ * time.
  *
  * <p>This class and its iterator implement all of the <em>optional</em>
  * methods of the {@link Collection} and {@link Iterator} interfaces.