diff --git a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
index 3e4d7492ffb..725d237aff6 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
      * can be replaced by
      *
      * <pre>{@code
-     * clazz.getConstructor().newInstance()
+     * clazz.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance()
      * }</pre>
      *
      * The latter sequence of calls is inferred to be able to throw