diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/InstancePending.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/InstancePending.java
index 7464dbbcf17..7458ac760e3 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/InstancePending.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/InstancePending.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class InstancePending<T> {
 
   /**
    * Returns the instance given by the method {@link #prepare}.
-   * This is an interruptible blocking method
+   * This is an uninterruptible blocking method
    * and the interruption flag will be set just before returning if any.
    */
   T get() {