diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java
index 2bd5e5a3a7d..29c14e601c7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ public final class Field implements java.io.Serializable {
     this.boost = boost;
   }
 
-  /** Returns the boost factor for hits on any field of this document.
+  /** Returns the boost factor for hits for this field.
    *
    * <p>The default value is 1.0.
    *
    * <p>Note: this value is not stored directly with the document in the index.
-   * Documents returned from {@link IndexReader#document(int)} and {@link
-   * Hits#doc(int)} may thus not have the same value present as when this field
-   * was indexed.
+   * Documents returned from {@link IndexReader#document(int)} and
+   * {@link Hits#doc(int)} may thus not have the same value present as when
+   * this field was indexed.
    *
    * @see #setBoost(float)
    */