diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingSpanFilter.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingSpanFilter.java
index eaf2b9286c7..1d65c4624a1 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingSpanFilter.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingSpanFilter.java
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ public class CachingSpanFilter extends SpanFilter {
    */
   private final CachingWrapperFilter.FilterCache<SpanFilterResult> cache;
 
-  /**
-   * New deletions always result in a cache miss, by default
-   * ({@link CachingWrapperFilter.DeletesMode#RECACHE}.
+  /** Wraps another SpanFilter's result and caches it.
    * @param filter Filter to cache results of
    */
   public CachingSpanFilter(SpanFilter filter) {
diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingWrapperFilter.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingWrapperFilter.java
index 42a6ef38782..4de6e2691da 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingWrapperFilter.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/CachingWrapperFilter.java
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ public class CachingWrapperFilter extends Filter {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * New deletes are ignored by default, which gives higher
-   * cache hit rate on reopened readers.
+  /** Wraps another filter's result and caches it.
    * @param filter Filter to cache results of
    */
   public CachingWrapperFilter(Filter filter) {