diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtils.java
index f4d80ecd0..9a24c00fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtils.java
@@ -848,8 +848,8 @@ public class DateUtils {
      *
      * <p>For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002
      * 13:45:01.231, if you passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar
-     * 2002 13:00:00.000.  If this was passed with MONTH, it would
-     * return 1 Mar 2002 0:00:00.000.</p>
+     * 2002 14:00:00.000.  If this was passed with MONTH, it would
+     * return 1 Apr 2002 0:00:00.000.</p>
      * 
      * @param date  the date to work with
      * @param field  the field from <code>Calendar</code>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtilsTest.java
index 032b0b184..68094f9e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/DateUtilsTest.java
@@ -1177,6 +1177,18 @@ public class DateUtilsTest extends TestCase {
      * Tests various values with the ceiling method
      */
     public void testCeil() throws Exception {
+        // test javadoc
+        assertEquals("ceiling javadoc-1 failed",
+                dateTimeParser.parse("March 28, 2002 14:00:00.000"),
+                DateUtils.ceiling(
+                    dateTimeParser.parse("March 28, 2002 13:45:01.231"),
+                Calendar.HOUR));
+        assertEquals("ceiling javadoc-2 failed",
+                dateTimeParser.parse("April 1, 2002 00:00:00.000"),
+                DateUtils.ceiling(
+                    dateTimeParser.parse("March 28, 2002 13:45:01.231"),
+                Calendar.MONTH));
+
         // tests public static Date ceiling(Date date, int field)
         assertEquals("ceiling year-1 failed",
                 dateParser.parse("January 1, 2003"),