diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/LazyConstant.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/LazyConstant.java
index 703d67b8abf..85f9d0e82fd 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/LazyConstant.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/LazyConstant.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
  * is thrown. Hence, a lazy constant can never hold a {@code null} value. Clients who
  * want to use a nullable constant can wrap the value into an {@linkplain Optional} holder.
  * <p>
- * If the computing function recursively invokes itself (directly or indirectly via
- * the lazy constant), an {@linkplain IllegalStateException} is thrown, and the lazy
- * constant is not initialized.
+ * If the computing function recursively invokes itself via the lazy constant, an
+ * {@linkplain IllegalStateException} is thrown, and the lazy constant is not initialized.
  *
  * <h2 id="composition">Composing lazy constants</h2>
  * A lazy constant can depend on other lazy constants, forming a dependency graph
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/List.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/List.java
index 43408de292a..5f9a90e1748 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/List.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/List.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ public interface List<E> extends SequencedCollection<E> {
      * The returned list and its {@link List#subList(int, int) subList()} or
      * {@link List#reversed()} views implement the {@link RandomAccess} interface.
      * <p>
-     * If the provided computing function recursively calls itself or the returned
+     * If the provided computing function recursively calls itself via the returned
      * lazy list for the same index, an {@linkplain IllegalStateException}
      * will be thrown.
      * <p>
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Map.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Map.java
index 177f0522b1b..fa16fb89050 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Map.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Map.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ public interface Map<K, V> {
      * The values of any {@link Map#values()} or {@link Map#entrySet()} views of
      * the returned map are also lazily computed.
      * <p>
-     * If the provided computing function recursively calls itself or
+     * If the provided computing function recursively calls itself via
      * the returned lazy map for the same key, an {@linkplain IllegalStateException}
      * will be thrown.
      * <p>