diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/VM.java b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/VM.java
index 61b3b0fd97444168d69194ec6902ba0681d91993..9928b840ea92f50226b75bd3d0a9f7e3c0d0d8e9 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/VM.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/VM.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class VM {
     //
     // The initial value of this field is arbitrary; during JRE initialization
     // it will be reset to the value specified on the command line, if any,
-    // otherwise to Runtime.getRuntime.maxDirectMemory().
+    // otherwise to Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory().
     //
     private static long directMemory = 64 * 1024 * 1024;