diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java
index cc3d00da8488425eec98f212edfd772bc5167ce9..e1899cf8e5bc63eb007f2465322c54979d0d3e05 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ public abstract class ScopedProxyUtils {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Specify if the {@code beanName} is the name of a bean that references the target
-	 * bean within a scoped proxy.
+	 * Determine if the {@code beanName} is the name of a bean that references
+	 * the target bean within a scoped proxy.
 	 * @since 4.1.4
 	 */
 	public static boolean isScopedTarget(@Nullable String beanName) {