diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index e8d7161d158..4e9a05d39f9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -4606,9 +4606,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get the total number of objects in the system. 
-   */
   @Override // FSNamesystemMBean
   public long getMaxObjects() {
     return maxFsObjects;