diff --git a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
index ae876e62d03..17f5ae4d261 100644
--- a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class XmlConfiguration
      * @param dir the directory (should be a directory reference, does not have to exist)
      * @param destPath the destination path (can be relative or absolute, syntax depends on OS + FileSystem in use,
      * and does not need to exist)
-     * @return String to resolved and normalized path, or null if baseDir or destPath is empty.
+     * @return String to resolved and normalized path, or null if dir or destPath is empty.
      */
     public static String resolvePath(String dir, String destPath)
     {