diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
index c5d67f42cf2..c242cd9ec7f 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ public class File
      *
      * <p> The returned number of available bytes is a hint, but not a
      * guarantee, that it is possible to use most or any of these bytes.  The
-     * number of unallocated bytes is most likely to be accurate immediately
+     * number of available bytes is most likely to be accurate immediately
      * after this call.  It is likely to be made inaccurate by any external
      * I/O operations including those made on the system outside of this
      * virtual machine.  This method makes no guarantee that write operations