diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/DumpRequestHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/DumpRequestHandler.java
index 7d68785c8ca..43669e29a32 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/DumpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/DumpRequestHandler.java
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class DumpRequestHandler extends RequestHandlerBase
   }
 
   @Override
-  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String path) {
-    if(subpaths !=null && subpaths.contains(path)) return this;
+  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String subPath) {
+    if(subpaths !=null && subpaths.contains(subPath)) return this;
     return null;
   }
   private List<String> subpaths;
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/NestedRequestHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/NestedRequestHandler.java
index e4faba2c4c3..66c54f37eab 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/NestedRequestHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/NestedRequestHandler.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import org.apache.solr.request.SolrRequestHandler;
 /**An interface for RequestHandlers need to handle all paths under its registered path
  */
 public interface NestedRequestHandler {
-
-  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String path);
+  /** Return a Requestandler to handle a subpath from the path this handler is registered.
+   * @param subPath
+   * @return a SolrRequestHandler instance
+   */
+  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String subPath);
 }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/RequestHandlerBase.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/RequestHandlerBase.java
index 9d7a0dae330..55daf0ac2ee 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/RequestHandlerBase.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/RequestHandlerBase.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public abstract class RequestHandlerBase implements SolrRequestHandler, SolrInfo
 
 
   @Override
-  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String path) {
+  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String subPath) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/InfoHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/InfoHandler.java
index 15112599a57..130cff93f2c 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/InfoHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/InfoHandler.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class InfoHandler extends RequestHandlerBase {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String path) {
+  public SolrRequestHandler getSubHandler(String subPath) {
     return this;
   }
 }