diff --git a/jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/WebAppClassLoader.java b/jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/WebAppClassLoader.java
index e071e88f862..ca37ab4f42a 100644
--- a/jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/WebAppClassLoader.java
+++ b/jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/WebAppClassLoader.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class WebAppClassLoader extends URLClassLoader
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
-     * @param classPath Comma or semicolon separated path of filenames or URLs
+     * @param resource Comma or semicolon separated path of filenames or URLs
      * pointing to directories or jar files. Directories should end
      * with '/'.
      */