diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java
index 543920fb120..781bcc99c21 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * When a translog is opened the checkpoint is use to retrieve the latest translog file generation and subsequently to open the last written file to recovery operations.
- * The {@link org.elasticsearch.index.translog.Translog.TranslogGeneration} on {@link TranslogConfig#getTranslogGeneration()} given when the translog is opened is compared against
+ * The {@link org.elasticsearch.index.translog.Translog.TranslogGeneration}, given when the translog is opened / constructed is compared against
  * the latest generation and all consecutive translog files singe the given generation and the last generation in the checkpoint will be recovered and preserved until the next
  * generation is committed using {@link Translog#commit()}. In the common case the translog file generation in the checkpoint and the generation passed to the translog on creation are
  * the same. The only situation when they can be different is when an actual translog commit fails in between {@link Translog#prepareCommit()} and {@link Translog#commit()}. In such a case