diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java
index 6f0fc4d25c2..f8ca2e6ade4 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public abstract class SolrServer implements Serializable
    * Performs an explicit commit, causing pending documents to be committed for indexing
    * @param waitFlush  block until index changes are flushed to disk
    * @param waitSearcher  block until a new searcher is opened and registered as the main query searcher, making the changes visible
+   * @param softCommit makes index changes visible while neither fsync-ing index files nor writing a new index descriptor
    * @throws SolrServerException
    * @throws IOException
    */