diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
index 32f8cca0b7..37773c1234 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public static void showError( Logger logger, String message, Throwable e, boolea
 
     public static String formatTimestamp( long timestamp )
     {
-        // Manual construction of the tz offset because only Java 7 understands 'ZZ' replacement
+        // Manual construction of the tz offset because only Java 7 is aware of ISO 8601 time zones
         TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
         int offset = tz.getRawOffset();