diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractFileResolvingResource.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractFileResolvingResource.java
index ac9ea29a5d..2c44b08e66 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractFileResolvingResource.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractFileResolvingResource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileResolvingResource extends AbstractResource {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * This implementation returns a File reference for the given URI-identified
-	 * resource, provided that it refers to a file in the file system.
+	 * Determine whether the given {@link URI} represents a file in a file system.
 	 * @since 5.0
 	 * @see #getFile(URI)
 	 */