diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/sep/SepPostingsWriterImpl.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/sep/SepPostingsWriterImpl.java
index bc48482f0d0..a7f2d5b634f 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/sep/SepPostingsWriterImpl.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/sep/SepPostingsWriterImpl.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.sep;
 
 /**
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-u * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
  * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
  * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
  * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with