diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/LongComparator.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/LongComparator.java
index e1d6b9e380a..abd0b0a0c98 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/LongComparator.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/LongComparator.java
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public class LongComparator extends ByteArrayComparable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param pbBytes A pb serialized {@link BinaryComparator} instance
-     * @return An instance of {@link BinaryComparator} made from <code>bytes</code>
+     * @param pbBytes A pb serialized {@link LongComparator} instance
+     * @return An instance of {@link LongComparator} made from <code>bytes</code>
      * @throws org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.DeserializationException
      * @see #toByteArray
      */