diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SearcherManager.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SearcherManager.java
index fa46e6852f1..f71134c1ad4 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SearcherManager.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SearcherManager.java
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
  * <p>
  * In addition you should periodically call {@link #maybeRefresh}. While it's
  * possible to call this just before running each query, this is discouraged
- * since it penalizes the unlucky queries that do the reopen. It's better to use
- * a separate background thread, that periodically calls maybeReopen. Finally,
+ * since it penalizes the unlucky queries that need to refresh. It's better to use
+ * a separate background thread, that periodically calls {@link #maybeRefresh}. Finally,
  * be sure to call {@link #close} once you are done.
  * 
  * @see SearcherFactory
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSearcherManager.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSearcherManager.java
index 289664577da..81ec266d44c 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSearcherManager.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestSearcherManager.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class TestSearcherManager extends ThreadedIndexingAndSearchingTestCase {
   @Override
   protected IndexSearcher getCurrentSearcher() throws Exception {
     if (random().nextInt(10) == 7) {
-      // NOTE: not best practice to call maybeReopen
+      // NOTE: not best practice to call maybeRefresh
       // synchronous to your search threads, but still we
       // test as apps will presumably do this for
       // simplicity:
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class TestSearcherManager extends ThreadedIndexingAndSearchingTestCase {
         try {
           triedReopen.set(true);
           if (VERBOSE) {
-            System.out.println("NOW call maybeReopen");
+            System.out.println("NOW call maybeRefresh");
           }
           searcherManager.maybeRefresh();
           success.set(true);