diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileReftableStack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileReftableStack.java
index dc55ccc40..4536e0463 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileReftableStack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileReftableStack.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public class FileReftableStack implements AutoCloseable {
 	 *
 	 * @param w
 	 *            writer to write data to a reftable under construction
-	 * @return true if the transaction.
+	 * @return true if the transaction was successful.
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             on I/O problems
 	 */