diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 5d03cda3b..55061b4ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -6352,7 +6352,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
      * StringUtils.repeat(null, "x", 2)  = null
      * StringUtils.repeat("", null, 0)   = ""
      * StringUtils.repeat("", "", 2)     = ""
-     * StringUtils.repeat("", "x", 3)    = "xxx"
+     * StringUtils.repeat("", "x", 3)    = "xx"
      * StringUtils.repeat("?", ", ", 3)  = "?, ?, ?"
      * </pre>
      *