diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ode/events/EventHandler.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ode/events/EventHandler.java
index 67f06d147..74b47f4f3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ode/events/EventHandler.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ode/events/EventHandler.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public interface EventHandler extends Serializable {
    * @param y array containing the current value of the state vector
    * @param increasing if true, the value of the switching function increases
    * when times increases around event (note that increase is measured with respect
-   * to physical time, not with respect to propagation which may go backward in time)
+   * to physical time, not with respect to integration which may go backward in time)
    * @return indication of what the integrator should do next, this
    * value must be one of {@link #STOP}, {@link #RESET_STATE},
    * {@link #RESET_DERIVATIVES} or {@link #CONTINUE}