diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java
index e4adf8d0bc5f4ee7a8fc32d620cd8c85484a1a3d..5c33dd08fca5b6a259f6618949fd263f257c5aa2 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ public final class System {
      *
      * <p>On UNIX systems, it returns {@code "\n"}; on Microsoft
      * Windows systems it returns {@code "\r\n"}.
+     * @since 1.7
      */
     public static String lineSeparator() {
         return lineSeparator;