diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectionSetChooser.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectionSetChooser.hpp
index 6da5b993ab9..a253cb84808 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectionSetChooser.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectionSetChooser.hpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 
   // Determine whether to add the given region to the collection set candidates or
   // not. Currently, we skip regions that we will never move during young gc, and
-  // regions which liveness is below the occupancy threshold.
+  // regions which liveness is over the occupancy threshold.
   // Regions also need a complete remembered set to be a candidate.
   static bool should_add(HeapRegion* hr);