diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsReader.java
index 10573fb1111..07e1e2e8fdd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsReader.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class TermVectorsReader {
 
   /**
    * 
-   * @param fieldNum The field to read in
+   * @param field The field to read in
    * @param tvfPointer The pointer within the tvf file where we should start reading
    * @return The TermVector located at that position
    * @throws IOException