diff --git a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java
index 757cda027f3..5b3e26adb5e 100644
--- a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java
+++ b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer.java
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class LBHttpSolrServer extends SolrServer {
    * LBHttpSolrServer keeps pinging the dead servers at fixed interval to find if it is alive. Use this to set that
    * interval
    *
-   * @param interval time in seconds
+   * @param interval time in milliseconds
    */
   public void setAliveCheckInterval(int interval) {
     if (interval <= 0) {