diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java
index fcdc430dbe4..8660a451395 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ import java.util.Objects;
  * Immutable, arbitrary-precision signed decimal numbers.  A {@code
  * BigDecimal} consists of an arbitrary precision integer
  * <i>{@linkplain unscaledValue() unscaled value}</i> and a 32-bit
- * integer <i>{@linkplain scale() scale}</i>.  If zero or positive,
- * the scale is the number of digits to the right of the decimal
- * point.  If negative, the unscaled value of the number is multiplied
- * by ten to the power of the negation of the scale.  The value of the
- * number represented by the {@code BigDecimal} is therefore
+ * integer <i>{@linkplain scale() scale}</i>.  If the
+ * scale is zero or positive, the scale is the number of digits to
+ * the right of the decimal point.  If the scale is negative, the
+ * unscaled value of the number is multiplied by ten to the power of
+ * the negation of the scale.  The value of the number represented by
+ * the {@code BigDecimal} is therefore
  * <code>(unscaledValue &times; 10<sup>-scale</sup>)</code>.
  *
  * <p>The {@code BigDecimal} class provides operations for