diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Mutation.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Mutation.java
index 6d8be5f4db2..fba7f6f0ee0 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Mutation.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Mutation.java
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ public abstract class Mutation extends OperationWithAttributes implements Row, C
 
   /**
    * @param user User short name
-   * @param perm Permissions for the user
+   * @param perms Permissions for the user
    */
   public void setACL(String user, Permission perms) {
     setAttribute(AccessControlConstants.OP_ATTRIBUTE_ACL,
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Query.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Query.java
index 660205b3906..5bec128eb8e 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Query.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Query.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public abstract class Query extends OperationWithAttributes {
 
   /**
    * @param user User short name
-   * @param perm Permissions for the user
+   * @param perms Permissions for the user
    */
   public void setACL(String user, Permission perms) {
     setAttribute(AccessControlConstants.OP_ATTRIBUTE_ACL,