diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/api/model/Artifact.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/api/model/Artifact.java
index e4e403267..eab427cff 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/api/model/Artifact.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/api/model/Artifact.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class Artifact
     private String packaging;
 
     /**
-     * file extension of the search result
+     * file extension of the artifact
      * @since 1.4-M2
      */
     private String fileExtension;