diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
index 81bdfab55bf..dc6a989f3ef 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ public class Thread implements Runnable {
      *
      * @implNote In the JDK Reference Implementation, interruption of a thread
      * that is not alive still records that the interrupt request was made and
-     * will report it via {@link #interrupted} and {@link #isInterrupted()}.
+     * will report it via {@link #interrupted()} and {@link #isInterrupted()}.
      *
      * @throws  SecurityException
      *          if the current thread cannot modify this thread