diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/crypto/Cipher.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/crypto/Cipher.java
index 17b42e31255..f656a62eb54 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/crypto/Cipher.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/crypto/Cipher.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class Cipher {
   /**
    * Create a decrypting output stream given an initialized decryptor
    * @param in the input stream to wrap
-   * @param encryptor the decryptor
+   * @param decryptor the decryptor
    * @return the decrypting wrapper
    * @throws IOException
    */