diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/Console.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/Console.java
index c100f8a0ccd..292e42eec7c 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/Console.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/Console.java
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@ public final class Console implements Flushable
     * {@link java.io.Reader#read(java.nio.CharBuffer) read(java.nio.CharBuffer)}
     * on the returned object will not read in characters beyond the line
     * bound for each invocation, even if the destination buffer has space for
-    * more characters. A line bound is considered to be any one of a line feed
-    * (<tt>'\n'</tt>), a carriage return (<tt>'\r'</tt>), a carriage return
-    * followed immediately by a linefeed, or an end of stream.
+    * more characters. The {@code Reader}'s {@code read} methods may block if a
+    * line bound has not been entered or reached on the console's input device.
+    * A line bound is considered to be any one of a line feed (<tt>'\n'</tt>),
+    * a carriage return (<tt>'\r'</tt>), a carriage return followed immediately
+    * by a linefeed, or an end of stream.
     *
     * @return  The reader associated with this console
     */