diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java
index 6f761d036..40a5b3764 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.io.DisabledOutputStream;
 
 /**
- * Format an {@link EditList} as a Git style unified patch script.
+ * Format a Git style patch script.
  */
 public class DiffFormatter {
 	private static final byte[] noNewLine = encodeASCII("\\ No newline at end of file\n");