diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RetryingCallerInterceptor.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RetryingCallerInterceptor.java
index e8be79d1974..42490f0ab99 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RetryingCallerInterceptor.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RetryingCallerInterceptor.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ abstract class RetryingCallerInterceptor {
    * Call this function alongside the actual call done on the callable.
    * 
    * @param abstractRetryingCallerInterceptorContext
-   * @throws PreemptiveFastFailException
+   * @throws IOException
    */
   public abstract void intercept(
       RetryingCallerInterceptorContext abstractRetryingCallerInterceptorContext)