diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/sound/sampled/spi/MixerProvider.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/sound/sampled/spi/MixerProvider.java
index d5c161ea34d..c79bb1114a6 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/sound/sampled/spi/MixerProvider.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/sound/sampled/spi/MixerProvider.java
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@ public abstract class MixerProvider {
     /**
      * Indicates whether the mixer provider supports the mixer represented by
      * the specified mixer info object.
+     * <p>
+     * The full set of mixer info objects that represent the mixers supported
+     * by this {@code MixerProvider} may be obtained
+     * through the {@code getMixerInfo} method.
+     *
      * @param info an info object that describes the mixer for which support is queried
-     * @return <code>true</code> if the specified mixer is supported,
-     * otherwise <code>false</code>
+     * @return {@code true} if the specified mixer is supported,
+     *     otherwise {@code false}
+     * @see #getMixerInfo()
      */
     public boolean isMixerSupported(Mixer.Info info) {
 
@@ -62,17 +68,34 @@ public abstract class MixerProvider {
     /**
      * Obtains the set of info objects representing the mixer
      * or mixers provided by this MixerProvider.
-     * @return set of mixer info objects
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code isMixerSupported} method returns {@code true}
+     * for all the info objects returned by this method.
+     * The corresponding mixer instances for the info objects
+     * are returned by the {@code getMixer} method.
+     *
+     * @return a set of mixer info objects
+     * @see #getMixer(javax.sound.sampled.Mixer.Info) getMixer(Mixer.Info)
+     * @see #isMixerSupported(javax.sound.sampled.Mixer.Info) isMixerSupported(Mixer.Info)
      */
     public abstract Mixer.Info[] getMixerInfo();
 
 
     /**
      * Obtains an instance of the mixer represented by the info object.
+     * <p>
+     * The full set of the mixer info objects that represent the mixers
+     * supported by this {@code MixerProvider} may be obtained
+     * through the {@code getMixerInfo} method.
+     * Use the {@code isMixerSupported} method to test whether
+     * this {@code MixerProvider} supports a particular mixer.
+     *
      * @param info an info object that describes the desired mixer
      * @return mixer instance
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the info object specified does not
-     * match the info object for a mixer supported by this MixerProvider.
+     *     match the info object for a mixer supported by this MixerProvider.
+     * @see #getMixerInfo()
+     * @see #isMixerSupported(javax.sound.sampled.Mixer.Info) isMixerSupported(Mixer.Info)
      */
     public abstract Mixer getMixer(Mixer.Info info);
 }