diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegion.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegion.java
index adcb320586f..42ce6e68e42 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegion.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegion.java
@@ -1205,7 +1205,6 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants {
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
-   * @param timestamp
    * @param b
    * @throws IOException
    */
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInterface.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInterface.java
index 0eb363af43b..14b7610f863 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInterface.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HRegionInterface.java
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ public interface HRegionInterface extends VersionedProtocol {
    * Applies a batch of updates via one RPC
    * 
    * @param regionName name of the region to update
-   * @param timestamp the time to be associated with the changes
    * @param b BatchUpdate
    * @throws IOException
    */