diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocFieldProcessor.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocFieldProcessor.java
index 003bcdeafd8..4d0d8ca22ba 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocFieldProcessor.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocFieldProcessor.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ final class DocFieldProcessor extends DocConsumer {
       try {
         consumer.close();  // TODO add abort to PerDocConsumer!
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        // nocommit handle exce
+        // ignore on abort!
       }
     }