diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Component.java b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Component.java
index df80032a1a983c31ef51a740672d79c2228db722..6fc78b15487f34b8fccc33aab6c585b7eac612b2 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Component.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Component.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ import sun.util.logging.PlatformLogger;
  *    import java.awt.event.*;
  *    import java.io.Serializable;
  *
- *    class MyApp java.io.Serializable
+ *    class MyApp implements java.io.Serializable
  *    {
  *         BigObjectThatShouldNotBeSerializedWithAButton bigOne;
  *         Button aButton = new Button();