diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HLog.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HLog.java
index 8c974e7c8c5..b216242fc2d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HLog.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HLog.java
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public class HLog implements HConstants, Syncable {
    * 
    * @param regionInfo
    * @param logEdit
-   * @param now Time of this edit write.
+   * @param logKey
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void append(HRegionInfo regionInfo, HLogKey logKey, KeyValue logEdit)