diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
index f19a231bfbd..ced20e27446 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ public class KeyStore {
      * @param alias the alias name
      *
      * @return the certificate chain (ordered with the user's certificate first
-     * and the root certificate authority last), or null if the given alias
+     * followed by zero or more certificate authorities), or null if the given alias
      * does not exist or does not contain a certificate chain
      *
      * @exception KeyStoreException if the keystore has not been initialized