diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/IIOMetadataNode.java b/src/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/IIOMetadataNode.java
index 4e3c016874c9b52751547de051e2321201aef0af..9d4145c80da09dfbc70b0eccac465cc98b7d8306 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/IIOMetadataNode.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/IIOMetadataNode.java
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public class IIOMetadataNode implements Element, NodeList {
     /**
      * Equivalent to <code>getNodeName</code>.
      *
-     * @return the node name, as a <code>String</code
+     * @return the node name, as a <code>String</code>
      */
     public String getTagName() {
         return nodeName;