diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java
index 6f779cfb75d..69084247814 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java
@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ public interface Table extends Closeable {
    * under a single row lock, so write operations to a row are synchronized, and
    * readers are guaranteed to see this operation fully completed.
    *
-   * @param append object that specifies the columns and amounts to be used
-   *                  for the increment operations
+   * @param append object that specifies the columns and values to be appended
    * @throws IOException e
    * @return values of columns after the append operation (maybe null)
    */