diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/Collection.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/Collection.java
index dba273e688529eec85d88786470e2f1a4325efc7..8e8fd5a76dc5c4e20fcf0760218771fba51d5b76 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Collection.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Collection.java
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ public interface Collection<E> extends Iterable<E> {
 
     /**
      * Removes all of the elements of this collection that satisfy the given
-     * predicate.  Errors or runtime exceptions thrown by the predicate are
-     * relayed to the caller.
+     * predicate.  Errors or runtime exceptions thrown during iteration or by
+     * the predicate are relayed to the caller.
      *
      * @implSpec
      * The default implementation traverses all elements of the collection using
@@ -393,9 +393,10 @@ public interface Collection<E> extends Iterable<E> {
      *        removed
      * @return {@code true} if any elements were removed
      * @throws NullPointerException if the specified filter is null
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code remove}
-     *         method is not supported by this collection's
-     *         {@link #iterator}
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if elements cannot be removed
+     *         from this collection.  Implementations may throw this exception if a
+     *         matching element cannot be removed or if, in general, removal is not
+     *         supported.
      * @since 1.8
      */
     default boolean removeIf(Predicate<? super E> filter) {
diff --git a/test/java/util/Collection/MOAT.java b/test/java/util/Collection/MOAT.java
index a039461e2b7aea0df385b667c8647d3361ec5bc8..945335a7fe3aca17a0a67dc333154f36dc267d11 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Collection/MOAT.java
+++ b/test/java/util/Collection/MOAT.java
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ public class MOAT {
                new Fun(){void f(){ it.next(); }});
 
         try { it.remove(); }
-        catch (IllegalStateException _) { pass(); }
-        catch (UnsupportedOperationException _) { pass(); }
+        catch (IllegalStateException ignored) { pass(); }
+        catch (UnsupportedOperationException ignored) { pass(); }
         catch (Throwable t) { unexpected(t); }
 
         if (rnd.nextBoolean())
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ public class MOAT {
         testEmptyCollection(m.values());
 
         try { check(! m.containsValue(null)); }
-        catch (NullPointerException _) { /* OK */ }
+        catch (NullPointerException ignored) { /* OK */ }
         try { check(! m.containsKey(null)); }
-        catch (NullPointerException _) { /* OK */ }
+        catch (NullPointerException ignored) { /* OK */ }
         check(! m.containsValue(1));
         check(! m.containsKey(1));
     }
@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ public class MOAT {
             l.addAll(-1, Collections.<Integer>emptyList());
             fail("Expected IndexOutOfBoundsException not thrown");
         }
-        catch (UnsupportedOperationException _) {/* OK */}
-        catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException _) {/* OK */}
+        catch (UnsupportedOperationException ignored) {/* OK */}
+        catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ignored) {/* OK */}
         catch (Throwable t) { unexpected(t); }
 
 //      equal(l instanceof Serializable,