diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ByteBufferUtils.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ByteBufferUtils.java
index a6fbaba1a5a..f5cb5c165f7 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ByteBufferUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ByteBufferUtils.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesti
 /**
  * Utility functions for working with byte buffers, such as reading/writing
  * variable-length long numbers.
- * @deprecated This class will become IA.Private in HBase 3.0. Downstream folks should avoid using it.
+ * @deprecated This class will become IA.Private in HBase 3.0. Downstream folks shouldn't use it.
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("restriction")
 @Deprecated