diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/CursorableLinkedList.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/CursorableLinkedList.java
index d39cb1c1a..cb91d79ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/CursorableLinkedList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/CursorableLinkedList.java
@@ -605,10 +605,10 @@ public class CursorableLinkedList<E> extends AbstractLinkedList<E> implements Se
     }
 
     /**
-     * Serializes the data held in this object to the stream specified.
+     * Serializes this object to an ObjectOutputStream.
      *
-     * @param out  the output stream
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs while writing to the stream
+     * @param out the target ObjectOutputStream.
+     * @throws IOException thrown when an I/O errors occur writing to the target stream.
      */
     private void writeObject(final ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
         out.defaultWriteObject();