diff --git a/lucene/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/uhighlight/UnifiedHighlighter.java b/lucene/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/uhighlight/UnifiedHighlighter.java
index 0b460b20ef1..3e872733ce2 100644
--- a/lucene/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/uhighlight/UnifiedHighlighter.java
+++ b/lucene/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/uhighlight/UnifiedHighlighter.java
@@ -585,17 +585,13 @@ public class UnifiedHighlighter {
     return breakIterator.get();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the {@link PassageScorer} to use for ranking passages. This returns a new {@code
-   * PassageScorer} by default; subclasses can override to customize.
-   */
+  /** Returns the {@link PassageScorer} to use for ranking passages. */
   protected PassageScorer getScorer(String field) {
     return scorer;
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns the {@link PassageFormatter} to use for formatting passages into highlighted snippets.
-   * This returns a new {@code PassageFormatter} by default; subclasses can override to customize.
    */
   protected PassageFormatter getFormatter(String field) {
     return formatter;