diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ReadOptions.java b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ReadOptions.java
index 2d3d2f3b8a593191b63fe356448c29dbb79549f9..8e287eb9d7a99435b9e456301c06909c02facf22 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ReadOptions.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ReadOptions.java
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ public class ReadOptions extends RocksObject {
    *
    * Default: null
    *
-   * @param iterateLowerBound Slice representing the upper bound
+   * @param iterateLowerBound Slice representing the lower bound
    * @return the reference to the current ReadOptions.
    */
   public ReadOptions setIterateLowerBound(final AbstractSlice<?> iterateLowerBound) {