diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/logout/SecurityContextLogoutHandler.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/logout/SecurityContextLogoutHandler.java
index 92f9214143..1e76b17a59 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/logout/SecurityContextLogoutHandler.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/logout/SecurityContextLogoutHandler.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class SecurityContextLogoutHandler implements LogoutHandler {
/**
* Requires the request to be passed in.
* @param request from which to obtain a HTTP session (cannot be null)
- * @param response not used (can be null)
+ * @param response the response (cannot be null)
* @param authentication not used (can be null)
*/
@Override