diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 801b218756..58738599dd 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.8-beta4" date="2011-??-??">
+           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">51502 - Correct Subtotal function javadoc entry</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">Support for hyperlinks in SXSSF</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">49933 - Word 6/95 documents with sections cause ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51469 - XSSF support for row styles, to match existing HSSF functionality</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Subtotal.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Subtotal.java
index 8bbbfeea78..0083ea3b82 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Subtotal.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Subtotal.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.NotImplementedException;
  *      <tr align='center'><td>6</td><td>PRODUCT</td></tr>
  *      <tr align='center'><td>7</td><td>STDEV</td></tr>
  *      <tr align='center'><td>8</td><td>STDEVP *</td></tr>
- *      <tr align='center'><td>9</td><td>AVERAGE</td></tr>
+ *      <tr align='center'><td>9</td><td>SUM</td></tr>
  *      <tr align='center'><td>10</td><td>VAR *</td></tr>
  *      <tr align='center'><td>11</td><td>VARP *</td></tr>
  *      <tr align='center'><td>101-111</td><td>*</td></tr>