diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java
index 1fff1c353..2c30e391b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class RepoProject implements Comparable<RepoProject> {
 	/**
 	 * Get the name of the remote definition of the sub repo.
 	 *
-	 * @return {@remote}
+	 * @return {@code remote}
 	 */
 	public String getRemote() {
 		return remote;