diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecomposition.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecomposition.java
index 432d81a44..513e7ce92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecomposition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecomposition.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ package org.apache.commons.math.linear;
  * An interface to classes that implement an algorithm to calculate the
  * Cholesky decomposition of a real symmetric positive-definite matrix.
  * <p>The Cholesky decomposition of a real symmetric positive-definite
- * matrix A consists of a lower triangular matrix L with same size that
- * satisfy: A = LL<sup>T</sup>Q = I). In a sense, this is the square root of A.</p>
+ * matrix A consists of a lower triangular matrix L with same size such
+ * that: A = LL<sup>T</sup>Q = I). In a sense, this is the square root of A.</p>
  * <p>This interface is based on the class with similar name from the
  * <a href="http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics/jama/">JAMA</a> library, with the
  * following changes:</p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecompositionImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecompositionImpl.java
index 57dd18a2f..c280ff198 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecompositionImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/CholeskyDecompositionImpl.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;
 /**
  * Calculates the Cholesky decomposition of a matrix.
  * <p>The Cholesky decomposition of a real symmetric positive-definite
- * matrix A consists of a lower triangular matrix L with same size that
- * satisfy: A = LL<sup>T</sup>Q = I). In a sense, this is the square root of A.</p>
+ * matrix A consists of a lower triangular matrix L with same size such
+ * that: A = LL<sup>T</sup>Q = I). In a sense, this is the square root of A.</p>
  *
  * @see <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CholeskyDecomposition.html">MathWorld</a>
  * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesky_decomposition">Wikipedia</a>