diff --git a/src/docbkx/book.xml b/src/docbkx/book.xml
index 94c6afe8cea..83a2c118b49 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/book.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/book.xml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ HTable htable = ...      // instantiate HTable
 Scan scan = new Scan();
 scan.addColumn(Bytes.toBytes("cf"),Bytes.toBytes("attr"));
 scan.setStartRow( Bytes.toBytes("row"));                   // start key is inclusive
-scan.setStopRow( Bytes.toBytes("row" +  new byte[] {0}));  // stop key is exclusive
+scan.setStopRow( Bytes.toBytes("row" +  (char)0));  // stop key is exclusive
 for(Result result : htable.getScanner(scan)) {
   // process Result instance
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java
index 4bae646ef49..cc4c6e8d610 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ public class Scan extends OperationWithAttributes implements Writable {
 
   /**
    * Set the start row of the scan.
-   * @param startRow row to start scan on, inclusive
+   * @param startRow row to start scan on (inclusive)
+   * Note: In order to make startRow exclusive add a trailing 0 byte
    * @return this
    */
   public Scan setStartRow(byte [] startRow) {
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ public class Scan extends OperationWithAttributes implements Writable {
   /**
    * Set the stop row.
    * @param stopRow row to end at (exclusive)
+   * Note: In order to make stopRow inclusive add a trailing 0 byte
    * @return this
    */
   public Scan setStopRow(byte [] stopRow) {