diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
index 5bb98b2b217..1cc4d652990 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
@@ -1206,13 +1206,13 @@ public class KeyStore {
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns the creation {@code Instant} value
-     * of the entry identified by the given alias.
+     * Returns the instant that the entry identified
+     * by the given alias was created.
      *
      * @param alias the alias name
      *
-     * @return the creation instant of this entry, or {@code null} if the given
-     * alias does not exist
+     * @return the instant that the entry identified by the given alias
+     * was created, or {@code null} if the given alias does not exist.
      *
      * @throws    KeyStoreException if the keystore has not been initialized
      * (loaded).
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStoreSpi.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStoreSpi.java
index fe806f186ae..4a6321255f5 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStoreSpi.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStoreSpi.java
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ public abstract class KeyStoreSpi {
     public abstract Date engineGetCreationDate(String alias);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the creation {@code Instant} value
-     * of the entry identified by the given alias.
+     * Returns the instant that the entry identified
+     * by the given alias was created.
+     * <p>
+     * Subclasses should override this method to directly return an instant.
      *
      * @implSpec
      * The default implementation calls {@code engineGetCreationDate(alias)}