diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
index e717724af3c..d7af34215c9 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
@@ -3213,7 +3213,7 @@ public final class ProtobufUtil {
 
   /**
    * Convert SecurityCapabilitiesResponse.Capability to SecurityCapability
-   * @param caps capabilities returned in the SecurityCapabilitiesResponse message
+   * @param capabilities capabilities returned in the SecurityCapabilitiesResponse message
    * @return the converted list of SecurityCapability elements
    */
   public static List<SecurityCapability> toSecurityCapabilityList(