diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/queue/CircularFifoQueue.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/queue/CircularFifoQueue.java
index 4e47f7477..ff7796437 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/queue/CircularFifoQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/queue/CircularFifoQueue.java
@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ public class CircularFifoQueue<E> extends AbstractCollection<E>
     }
 
     /**
-     * Write the queue out using a custom routine.
+     * Serializes this object to an ObjectOutputStream.
      *
-     * @param out  the output stream
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while writing to the output 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();